Huby in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Huby, entered under the hundred of Bulford in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Bulford

• Aldwark
• Alne
• Barnby [House]
• Barton [le Willows]
• Beningbrough
• Bossall
• Brafferton
• Brandsby
• Bulmer
• Buttercrambe
• Carlton [Farm]
• Claxton
• Coneysthorpe
• Corburn

The Meaning of the Name

The name Huby is of Scandinavian origin. Its final element derives from the Old Norse word bý, 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’.

Names of this type are a fingerprint of Scandinavian settlement: they cluster across the old Danelaw, where Norse-speaking settlers renamed or founded villages from the late 9th century onward.

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

Listed Buildings Near Huby

Historic England records 2 listed buildings within about a mile of Huby. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II

• Newton Farmhouse and Cottage - 0.22 km
• Huby Old Hall - 0.39 km

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

• Caldenesche - 0.0 km N
• Sutton on the Forest - 2.2 km SE
• Stillington - 2.8 km NE
• Kelsit Grange - 2.8 km SW
• Moxby Hall - 3.2 km E
• Thorpe Hill - 3.2 km E