High, Middle and Low Deepdale in the Domesday Book (1086)
The settlement of High, Middle and Low Deepdale is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Dic in Yorkshire.
Other Settlements in Dic
- Aislaby
- Allerston
- Appleton [le Moors]
- Aschelesmersc
- Aschilesmares
- Barton [le Street]
- Baschebi
- Baschesbi
- Brompton
- Burniston
- Burton [Dale]
- Cawthorn
- Cayton
- Chigogemers
The Meaning of the Name
The name High, Middle and Low Deepdale is of Scandinavian origin. Its final element derives from the Old Norse word dalr, a valley. The first element is most likely a personal name or an early descriptive term, now difficult to recover with certainty. Taken together the name probably meant something close to ‘a valley’.
Names of this type are a fingerprint of Scandinavian settlement: they cluster across the old Danelaw, where Norse-speaking settlers renamed or founded villages from the late 9th century onward.
Remarkably, the name has changed little since 1086, when the Domesday scribes wrote it as High, Middle and Low Deepdale.
Listed Buildings Near High, Middle and Low Deepdale
Historic England records 1 listed building within about a mile of High, Middle and Low Deepdale. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.
Grade II
- Wishing Well Restaurant - 0.98 km
Scheduled Monuments Near High, Middle and Low Deepdale
Scheduled monuments are nationally important archaeological sites given legal protection. 1 lies within roughly a mile of High, Middle and Low Deepdale:
High, Middle and Low Deepdale Today
Today High, Middle and Low Deepdale lies within the administrative area of Cayton.
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
- Osgodby - 1.0 km E
- Cayton - 1.4 km SE
- Burton Dale - 2.2 km NW
- Killerby Hall - 2.8 km SE
- Irton - 3.0 km W
- Thorpefield - 3.0 km W
Heritage Around [High, Middle and Low] Deepdale
Photographs of churches, listed buildings and monuments in the vicinity, contributed by volunteers to the Geograph project and reused here under a Creative Commons licence.
© Martin Dawes · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Paul Glazzard · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Sheila Tarleton · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
Images © their respective photographers, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 and reused here with attribution. Photographs depict listed buildings, churches and monuments near this settlement and may show neighbouring villages.
Data derived from the Open Domesday project (opendomesday.org), based on the Domesday Book dataset compiled by Professor J.J.N. Palmer and team. The Domesday Book (1086) is in the public domain.
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