Ingbirchworth in the Domesday Book (1086)
Ingbirchworth is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Staincross in Yorkshire.
Other Settlements in Staincross
- Adlingfleet
- Barnby [Hall]
- Barnsley
- Barugh
- Brierley
- Carlton
- Cawthorne
- Chevet
- Clactone
- Clayton [West]
- Darton
- Dodworth
- Hemsworth
- Hoyland [Swaine]
The Meaning of the Name
The name Ingbirchworth is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word worð, an enclosure or homestead. 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 enclosure’.
Remarkably, the name has changed little since 1086, when the Domesday scribes wrote it as Ingbirchworth.
Listed Buildings Near Ingbirchworth
Historic England records 12 listed buildings within about a mile of Ingbirchworth. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.
Grade II*
Grade II
- Barn Immediately South East of Broadfield Farmhouse - 0.14 km
- Broadfield Farmhouse - 0.16 km
- Willow Farmhouse - 0.2 km
- Barn Adjoining and to South of Willow Farmhouse - 0.2 km
- Barn Approximately 5 Metres South East of Green Farmhouse - 0.27 km
- Green Farmhouse - 0.29 km
- Ings Cottage - 0.31 km
- Cottage (Now Store) Immediately North East of Number 24 - 0.39 km
- Grange Farmhouse - 0.48 km
- L shaped range of barns immediately north of Royd Moor Farmhouse - 1.29 km
- Carr Head Farmhouse - 1.3 km
Ingbirchworth Today
Today Ingbirchworth lies within the administrative area of Gunthwaite and Ingbirchworth.
Read more about modern Ingbirchworth on Wikipedia .
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
- Lower and Upper Denby - 2.0 km N
- Thurlstone - 2.2 km SE
- Penistone - 2.8 km SE
- Upper Cumberworth - 3.2 km N
- Lower Cumberworth - 4.0 km N
- Hoyland Swaine - 4.1 km E
Heritage Around [Ing]birchworth
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.
© Wendy North · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Wendy North · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Humphrey Bolton · 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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