Low Worsall in the Domesday Book (1086)
The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Low Worsall, entered under the hundred of Allerton in Yorkshire.
Other Settlements in Allerton
- Ainderby [Steeple]
- Appleton [Wiske]
- Arncliffe [Hall]
- Birkby
- Borrowby
- Brompton
- Cowesby
- Crosby [Grange]
- Dale [Town]
- Deighton
- Ellerbeck
- Foxton
- Girsby
- Hawnby
The Meaning of the Name
The origin of the name Low Worsall 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 Low Worsall.
Listed Buildings Near Low Worsall
Historic England records 12 listed buildings within about a mile of Low Worsall. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.
Grade II*
- Worsall Hall - 0.49 km
Grade II
- Piersburgh Grange With Granary Wing to Left - 0.41 km
- Dovecot to East of Worsall Hall - 0.46 km
- Shelter - 0.47 km
- Wall to West of Kitchen Garden of Worsall Hall - 0.49 km
- Front Ha-ha Wall Gate Piers Gates to South of Worsall Hall - 0.49 km
- Aislaby Grange - 0.61 km
- Church of All Saints - 0.62 km
- Mourie House Cottages - 0.65 km
- Worsall Bridge - 0.69 km
- Worsall Grange - 1.01 km
- Holme Farmhouse - 1.14 km
Scheduled Monuments Near Low Worsall
Scheduled monuments are nationally important archaeological sites given legal protection. 2 lie within roughly a mile of Low Worsall:
- Newsham deserted medieval village - 1.42 km
- Medieval settlement and associated field system and post-medieval chapel, adjacent to Manor House Farm - 1.5 km
Low Worsall Today
Today Low Worsall lies within the administrative area of Hambleton, and the settlement recorded a population of 266 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 Low Worsall on Wikipedia .
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
- High Worsall - 1.4 km SW
- Yarm - 2.8 km NE
- Kirk Leavington - 4.1 km E
- Girsby - 4.5 km SW
- Over Dinsdale Grange - 5.1 km W
- Ingleby Hill - 5.4 km E
Heritage Around [Low] Worsall
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.
© Mick Garratt · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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© Pauline E · 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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