Holme on the Wolds in the Domesday Book (1086)

Holme on the Wolds appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Sneculfcros in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Sneculfcros

• Aike
• Beswick
• Beverley
• Bracken
• Dunnington
• Etton
• Gardham
• Grimston
• Ianulfestorp
• Kilnwick
• Leconfield
• Lockington
• Middleton [on the Wolds]
• Molescroft

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Holme on the Wolds 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 Holme on the Wolds.

Listed Buildings Near Holme on the Wolds

Historic England records 13 listed buildings within about a mile of Holme on the Wolds. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade I

• Church of Saint Mary - 0.92 km

Grade II

• 16, East Street - 0.13 km
• K6 Telephone Kiosk - 0.16 km
• The Almshouses - 0.96 km
• Pump House at the Almshouses - 0.97 km
• 8 and 10, Main Street - 1.03 km
• 9, Main Street - 1.04 km
• 4, West End - 1.07 km
• 14, West End - 1.1 km
• 26, West End - 1.12 km
• 23, Main Street - 1.26 km
• K6 Telephone Kiosk - 1.28 km
• Oak Cottage - 1.29 km

Holme on the Wolds Today

Today Holme on the Wolds lies within the administrative area of Dalton Holme.

Read more about modern Holme on the Wolds on Wikipedia .

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

• South Dalton - 1.0 km S
• Lund - 2.2 km NE
• Lockington - 3.2 km E
• Etton - 3.6 km SE
• Steintorp - 3.6 km SE
• Steitorp - 3.6 km SE