Kirkby Overblow in the Domesday Book (1086)
The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Kirkby Overblow, entered under the hundred of Burghshire in Yorkshire.
Other Settlements in Burghshire
- Addlethorpe
- Aismunderby
- Aldfield
- Allerton [Mauleverer]
- Arkendale
- Askwith
- Azerley
- Barrowby [Grange]
- Beckwith [House]
- Besthaim
- Bestham
- Bewerley
- Bilton
- Birstwith
The Meaning of the Name
The name Kirkby Overblow is of Scandinavian origin. Its final element derives from the Old Norse word bý, a farmstead or village, while the first element appears to represent the church (ON kirkja). Taken together the name probably meant something close to ’the church 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 Kirkby Overblow.
Listed Buildings Near Kirkby Overblow
Historic England records 10 listed buildings within about a mile of Kirkby Overblow. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.
Grade II
- Old Hall - 0.19 km
- Gate-piers With Attached Walling Approximately 20 Metres South of Low Hall - 0.2 km
- Gate-piers Approximately 10 Metres East of Old Hall - 0.21 km
- Low Hall - 0.23 km
- Rectory Cottages - 0.23 km
- The Old Rectory - 0.23 km
- Church of All Saints - 0.28 km
- Field House Farmhouse and Attached Outbuilding to East - 0.32 km
- Boundary Stone at Wareholes Well, Approximately 30 Metres From Road Side - 1.28 km
- Boundary Stone Approximately 200 Metres East of Low Snape Farmhouse - 1.29 km
Kirkby Overblow Today
Today Kirkby Overblow lies within the administrative area of Harrogate, and the settlement recorded a population of 485 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 Kirkby Overblow on Wikipedia .
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
- Tidover - 1.0 km E
- Walton Head - 1.0 km W
- Addlethorpe - 2.2 km SE
- Barrowby Grange - 2.2 km SE
- Dunkeswick - 3.6 km SW
- Kearby Town End - 3.6 km SE
Heritage Around Kirkby [Overblow]
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.
© Alexander P Kapp · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Alexander P Kapp · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Ian S · 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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