Holmpton in the Domesday Book (1086)

Holmpton is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Holderness [South Hundred] in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Holderness [South Hundred]

• Andrebi
• Burstwick
• Camerton [Hall]
• Dimlington
• Easington
• Grimston
• Halsham
• Hilston
• Hollym
• Keyingham
• Kilnsea
• Monkwith
• Newton [Garth]
• Nuthill

The Meaning of the Name

The name Holmpton is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word tūn, a farmstead or village. 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 farmstead’.

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

Listed Buildings Near Holmpton

Historic England records 5 listed buildings within about a mile of Holmpton. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II

• Church of St Nicholas - 0.17 km
• Stable/dovecote Approximately 30 Metres North-east of Elmtree Farm Cottage - 0.17 km
• Elmtree Farm Cottage - 0.21 km
• Manor Farm House - 0.25 km
• Springfield House - 0.49 km

Holmpton Today

Today Holmpton lies within the administrative area of East Riding of Yorkshire, and the settlement recorded a population of 237 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 Holmpton on Wikipedia .

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

• Rysome Garth - 1.0 km S
• Welwick - 2.8 km SW
• Out Newton - 2.8 km SE
• Hollym - 2.8 km NW
• Weeton - 3.2 km S
• Dimlington - 4.2 km SE