Low Mowthorpe Farm in the Domesday Book (1086)
Low Mowthorpe Farm is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, 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 Low Mowthorpe Farm is of Scandinavian origin. Its final element derives from the Old Norse word þorp, an outlying or secondary farmstead. 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 outlying farm’.
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 Low Mowthorpe Farm.
Listed Buildings Near Low Mowthorpe Farm
Historic England records 10 listed buildings within about a mile of Low Mowthorpe Farm. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.
Grade II
- Mowthorpe Dale - 0.33 km
- Rough Hills Farmhouse - 0.4 km
- The Village Pump - 0.95 km
- Manor Farmhouse and Railings, Gates and Gateposts to Front Garden - 0.95 km
- Stable Block and Attached Wall to West of Ganthorpe House - 0.96 km
- Ganthorpe House and Gates and Railings to Front Garden - 0.97 km
- Gate Farmhouse - 0.98 km
- Mowthorpe Hill Farmhouse - 1.0 km
- Dovecote in Garden of Ganthorpe House Approximately 20 Metres North of House - 1.01 km
- Paddocks Cottage - 1.03 km
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
- Ganthorpe - 1.0 km N
- Terrington - 1.4 km NW
- Stittenham - 2.2 km SW
- Bulmer - 2.2 km SE
- Henderskelfe - 3.2 km E
- Welburn - 3.2 km E
Heritage Around [Low] Mowthorpe [Farm]
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.
© Roger Gilbertson · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Chris McLean · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Chris Heaton · 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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