Hillam in the Domesday Book (1086)

Hillam is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Amounderness in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Amounderness

• Aighton
• Aldcliffe
• Aldingham
• Arkholme
• Aschebi
• Ashton [Hall]
• Ashton [on Ribble]
• Austwick
• Barbon
• Bardsea
• Bare
• Barnoldswick
• Barton
• Beetham

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Hillam is not securely established from its modern form alone; like many settlement names in the North it likely combines an Old English or Old Norse personal name with a landscape term.

Remarkably, the name has changed little since 1086, when the Domesday scribes wrote it as Hillam.

Listed Buildings Near Hillam

Historic England records 9 listed buildings within about a mile of Hillam. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II*

• Church of St Michael - 0.9 km
• Shepherd’s Farmhouse - 1.0 km

Grade II

• Ware Cottage - 0.65 km
• Cockerham Hall - 0.71 km
• The Old Rectory - 0.85 km
• Sundial Base South of Church of St. Michael - 0.91 km
• Barn Approximately 10 Metres East of Farmhouse, Shepherd’s Farm - 0.99 km
• Marsh House Farmhouse, Attached Store, and Barn Adjoining to West - 1.04 km
• Barn on North-east Side of Farmyard, Norbrick Farm - 1.05 km

Nearby Domesday Settlements

Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:

• Cockerham - 1.0 km E
• Lonsdale - 1.0 km E
• Great and Little Crimbles - 2.2 km SE
• Lower and Upper Thurnham - 2.2 km NE
• Forton - 3.2 km E
• Ellel - 5.0 km NE