Leven in the Domesday Book (1086)

Leven is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Holderness [North Hundred] in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Holderness [North Hundred]

• Arnestorp
• Arram
• Barmston
• Beeford
• Bewholme
• Brandesburton
• Catfoss [Hall]
• Catwick
• Chenecol
• Chenucol
• Chenuthesholm
• Cleeton
• Dringhoe
• Dunnington

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Leven 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 Leven.

Listed Buildings Near Leven

Historic England records 11 listed buildings within about a mile of Leven. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II*

• Holy Trinity Church - 0.24 km

Grade II

• Corner House - 0.12 km
• 3, East Street - 0.12 km
• War Memorial in the Churchyard of Holy Trinity Church - 0.24 km
• Westfield - 0.29 km
• 27, High Stile - 0.46 km
• The New Inn - 0.48 km
• Causeway Bridge - 0.49 km
• 85, East Street - 0.57 km
• Aqueduct at Sandholme Farm - 0.69 km
• Leven House - 1.12 km

Leven Today

Today Leven lies within the administrative area of East Riding of Yorkshire, and the settlement recorded a population of 2,348 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 Leven on Wikipedia .

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

• Luuetotholm - 0.0 km N
• Brandesburton - 2.2 km NE
• Catwick - 3.0 km E
• Routh - 3.2 km S
• Chenecol - 3.6 km SE
• Chenucol - 3.6 km SE