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

Other Settlements in Howden

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Hive 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 Hive.

Listed Buildings Near Hive

Historic England records 1 listed building within about a mile of Hive. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II

Blacktoft Grange - 0.76 km

Hive Today

Today Hive lies within the administrative area of Gilberdyke.

Read more about modern Hive on Wikipedia .

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

Yokefleet Grange - 1.4 km NW
Owsthorpe - 2.2 km SW
Eastrington - 3.6 km SW
Portington - 4.1 km W
Burland House - 5.1 km W
Cavil - 5.1 km W

Heritage Around Hive

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.

Thimblehall Lane Bridge (2007)
© Paul Glazzard · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

St Michael's Church, Eastrington (2009)
© Paul Harrop · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Mill Lane towards the crossing (2009)
© Glyn Drury · 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.

Hive in the Domesday Book (1086)