Hipswell in the Domesday Book (1086)
Hipswell is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Land of Count Alan in Yorkshire.
Other Settlements in Land of Count Alan
- Achebi
- Agglethorpe
- Ainderby [Mires]
- Ainderby [Quernhow]
- Aiskew
- Aldbrough
- Allerthorpe [Hall]
- Ascam
- Ascham
- Asebi
- Aske [Hall]
- Askrigg
- Aysgarth
- Baldersby
The Meaning of the Name
The name Hipswell is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word wella, a spring or stream. 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 spring’.
Remarkably, the name has changed little since 1086, when the Domesday scribes wrote it as Hipswell.
Listed Buildings Near Hipswell
Historic England records 14 listed buildings within about a mile of Hipswell. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.
Grade I
- Hipswell Hall - 0.22 km
- Courthouse to East of Colburn Hall - 1.27 km
Grade II*
- Former Sandes Soldiers’ Home, Cattterick Garrison - 0.85 km
- Colburn Hall - 1.25 km
Grade II
- Barn Approximately 15 Metres North of Hipswell Hall - 0.21 km
- Gate Piers Approximately 5 Metres to North East of Hipswell Hall - 0.22 km
- Church of St John - 0.24 km
- Hipswell Mill Millhouse - 0.33 km
- Outbuildings to East of Hipswell Mill - 0.33 km
- Officers Mess and Stables, Gaza Barracks - 0.45 km
- Baden Powell House, Catterick Garrison - 1.02 km
- Pinhill Mess, Catterick Garrison - 1.07 km
- Cherry Tree Cottage - 1.19 km
- Barn Attached to East Side of the Courthouse - 1.28 km
Hipswell Today
Today Hipswell lies within the administrative area of Richmondshire, and the settlement recorded a population of 4,556 at the 2021 census. Nine and a half centuries separate that figure from the small rural community the Domesday survey recorded here in 1086.
Read more about modern Hipswell on Wikipedia .
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
- Colburn - 1.4 km NE
- Easby - 2.0 km N
- Brompton on Swale - 3.2 km E
- Brough Hall - 3.2 km E
- Richmond - 3.2 km N
- Scotton - 3.2 km S
Heritage Around Hipswell
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.
© Gordon Hatton · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© David Rogers · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© SMJ · 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.
Location
54.3815°N, -1.7151°W · Land of Count Alan hundred, Yorkshire
View larger map on OpenStreetMap →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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