Lower and Upper Dunsforth in the Domesday Book (1086)

Lower and Upper Dunsforth appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, 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 Lower and Upper Dunsforth is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word ford, a river crossing. 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 ford’.

Remarkably, the name has changed little since 1086, when the Domesday scribes wrote it as Lower and Upper Dunsforth.

Listed Buildings Near Lower and Upper Dunsforth

Historic England records 1 listed building within about a mile of Lower and Upper Dunsforth. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II

• The Poplars - 1.27 km

Lower and Upper Dunsforth Today

Today Lower and Upper Dunsforth lies within the administrative area of Dunsforths.

Read more about modern Upper Dunsforth on Wikipedia .

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

• Branton Green - 1.0 km S
• Aldwark - 2.0 km E
• Great Ouseburn - 2.0 km S
• Kirby Hall - 2.2 km SE
• Grafton - 3.0 km W
• Little Ouseburn - 3.0 km S