Howden in the Domesday Book (1086)
The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Howden, entered under the hundred of Howden in Yorkshire.
Other Settlements in Howden
- Asselby
- Babthorpe
- Barlby
- Barmby [on the Marsh]
- Barnhill [Hall]
- Belby [House]
- Bowthorpe
- Brackenholme
- Burland [House]
- Cavil
- Cliffe
- Cotness [Hall]
- Eastrington
- Hagthorpe
The Meaning of the Name
The origin of the name Howden 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 Howden.
Listed Buildings Near Howden
Historic England records 63 listed buildings within about a mile of Howden. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.
Grade I
Grade II
- 14, Saint John’s Street - 0.2 km
- 3, Saint John’s Street - 0.22 km
- 87, BRIDGEGATE (See details for further address information) - 0.22 km
- War Memorial - 0.22 km
- K6 Telephone Kiosk - 0.23 km
- 60-62, Bridgegate - 0.24 km
- 58, Bridgegate - 0.24 km
- 64, Bridgegate - 0.24 km
- 2 and 4, Pinfold Street - 0.25 km
- 29, Bridgegate - 0.27 km
- 4, Parson’s Lane - 0.28 km
- The Chestnuts - 0.28 km
- 27, Bridgegate - 0.28 km
- Coach House Approximately 10 Metres East of Number 16 - 0.29 km
- 2, Churchside - 0.29 km
- 32 and 32A, Market Place - 0.29 km
- 1, Vicar Lane - 0.29 km
- 31 and 31A, Market Place - 0.29 km
- 3, Vicar Lane - 0.29 km
- 38, 42, 44, Bridgegate - 0.3 km
- 4 and 5, Market Place - 0.3 km
- 28 and 29, Market Place - 0.3 km
- The Board Inn - 0.31 km
…and 39 more listed structures in the area.
Scheduled Monuments Near Howden
Scheduled monuments are nationally important archaeological sites given legal protection. 2 lie within roughly a mile of Howden:
- Howden Church, ruined portions - 0.31 km
- Bishop’s Manor House - 0.39 km
Howden Today
Today Howden lies within the administrative area of East Riding of Yorkshire, and the settlement recorded a population of 4,573 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 Howden on Wikipedia .
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
- Barnhill Hall - 1.0 km W
- Knedlington - 1.0 km W
- Thorpe Lidget - 2.2 km NE
- Asselby - 3.0 km W
- Belby House - 3.2 km E
- Newsholme - 3.2 km W
Heritage Around Howden
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.
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© Paul Glazzard · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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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.
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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