Little Airmyn in the Domesday Book (1086)

Little Airmyn is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Barkston in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Barkston

• Barkston
• Barlow
• Birkin
• Bramham
• Brayton
• Burton [Hall]
• Camblesforth
• Carlton
• Clifford
• Drax
• Fairburn
• Grimston [Grange]
• Hambleton
• Hazelwood [Castle]

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Little Airmyn 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 Little Airmyn.

Listed Buildings Near Little Airmyn

Historic England records 9 listed buildings within about a mile of Little Airmyn. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II

• Airmyn Hall - 0.09 km
• Clock Tower - 0.12 km
• Airmyn First School - 0.13 km
• Church of St David - 0.31 km
• Sweet Echoes - 0.33 km
• Westfield House - 0.51 km
• Booth Farmhouse - 1.0 km
• Stable and Granary at Booth Farm - 1.02 km
• Pigeon Loft at Booth Farm - 1.03 km

Little Airmyn Today

Today Little Airmyn lies within the administrative area of East Riding of Yorkshire, and the settlement recorded a population of 729 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 Airmyn on Wikipedia .

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

• Barnhill Hall - 3.2 km N
• Knedlington - 3.2 km N
• Asselby - 3.2 km N
• Howden - 3.6 km NE
• Skelton - 4.0 km E
• Newsholme - 4.1 km N