Holker in the Domesday Book (1086)

Holker appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Craven in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Craven

• Addingham
• Airton
• Anley
• Appletreewick
• Arncliffe
• Arnford
• Barnoldswick
• Bashall [Eaves]
• Battersby [Barn]
• Beamsley
• Birkby [Hall]
• Bogeuurde
• Bolton [Abbey]
• Bolton [by Bowland]

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Holker 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 Holker.

Listed Buildings Near Holker

Historic England records 40 listed buildings within about a mile of Holker. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II*

• Holker Hall and Terrace Wall Approximately 70 Metres to Garden to South East - 0.69 km
• Cark Hall North Cottage South Cottage - 0.74 km

Grade II

• Priest Bridge - 0.35 km
• High Bank Side Farmhouse and Outbuilding - 0.51 km
• Trough Approximately 35 Metres to South of Pear Tree Cottage - 0.55 km
• Pear Tree Cottage Upper Pear Tree Cottage - 0.55 km
• Whitegates Cottages - 0.57 km
• Dove Cottage Mackereth’s Cottage - 0.58 km
• Park View Cottages - 0.61 km
• Stable Building to South East of Holker Hall - 0.62 km
• Farmbuilding to the North of Shorthorn Farmhouse - 0.63 km
• Park View, Rose Cottage, Rose Dene - 0.66 km
• Summer House Approximately 95 Metres North West of Cark Hall - 0.66 km
• Shorthorn Farmhouse - 0.66 km
• Underpass Approximately 120 Metres North West of Whitegate Cottages - 0.68 km
• South Lodge to Holker Hall - 0.7 km
• Entrance Gates and Railings to Holker Hall - 0.71 km
• Old School Building School House - 0.74 km
• Numbers 3 and 4 Holker Cottages - 0.78 km
• Numbers 1 and 2 Holker Cottages - 0.78 km
• North Lodge and Gate Piers to Holker Hall - 0.86 km
• Railings Opposite Cark Manor Cottage, Railings and Gate - 0.87 km
• Cark Manor Cottage, Railings and Gate - 0.88 km
• Middle Birkby Farmhouse and Attached Outbuilding - 0.89 km

…and 16 more listed structures in the area.

Scheduled Monuments Near Holker

Scheduled monuments are nationally important archaeological sites given legal protection. 1 lies within roughly a mile of Holker:

• Peter Hill, Cark - 1.07 km

Holker Today

Today Holker lies within the administrative area of Lower Holker.

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

• Birkby Hall - 1.0 km E
• Walton Hall - 1.0 km N
• Cartmel - 1.4 km NE
• Bardsea - 6.7 km SW
• High Newton - 7.2 km NE
• Ulverston - 8.0 km W