Hoyland Nether in the Domesday Book (1086)
The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Hoyland Nether, entered under the hundred of Strafforth in Yorkshire.
Other Settlements in Strafforth
- Adwick [le Street]
- Adwick [upon Dearne]
- Armthorpe
- Aston
- Attercliffe
- Auckley
- Aughton [Hall]
- Austerfield
- Balby
- Barnbrough
- Barnby [Dun]
- Bentley
- Bilham [House]
- Billingley
The Meaning of the Name
The origin of the name Hoyland Nether 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 Hoyland Nether.
Listed Buildings Near Hoyland Nether
Historic England records 6 listed buildings within about a mile of Hoyland Nether. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.
Grade II
- Church of St Peter - 0.41 km
- Hoyland Lowe Stand - 0.58 km
- Woodhouse Farmhouse - 0.58 km
- Barn approximately 10 metres to north-east of Alderthwaite Farmhouse - 1.17 km
- Cowhouse with hayloft approximately 15 metres to north-west of Alderthwaite Farmhouse - 1.17 km
- Milepost Approximately 100 Metres to North of Driveway to Bell Ground House - 1.28 km
Hoyland Nether Today
Today Hoyland Nether lies within the administrative area of Barnsley, and the settlement recorded a population of 11,852 at recent figures. Nine and a half centuries separate that figure from the small rural community the Domesday survey recorded here in 1086.
Read more about modern Hoyland on Wikipedia .
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
- Tankersley - 2.2 km SW
- Wentworth - 2.8 km SE
- Pilley - 3.0 km W
- Worsborough - 3.2 km N
- Thorpe Hesley - 4.1 km S
- Toftes - 4.2 km NE
Heritage Around Hoyland [Nether]
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.
© Richard Whitham · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Richard Whitham · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Steve Fareham · 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.
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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