Marr in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Marr, entered under the hundred of Strafforth in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Strafforth

• Adwick [le Street]
• Adwick [upon Dearne]
• Armthorpe
• Aston
• Attercliffe
• Auckley
• Aughton [Hall]
• Austerfield
• Balby
• Barnbrough
• Barnby [Dun]
• Bentley
• Bilham [House]
• Billingley

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Marr 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 Marr.

Listed Buildings Near Marr

Historic England records 6 listed buildings within about a mile of Marr. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade I

• Church of St Helen - 0.2 km

Grade II

• Pair of Outbuildings Approximately 20 Metres to North East of Marr Hall - 0.21 km
• Marr Hall - 0.23 km
• Range of farmbuildings at Hall Farm approximately 25 metres to west of farmhouse - 0.31 km
• Shelter Shed Approximately 40 Metres to North of Manor Farmhouse - 0.34 km
• Manor Farmhouse - 0.37 km

Marr Today

Today Marr lies within the administrative area of Doncaster, and the settlement recorded a population of 169 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 Marr on Wikipedia .

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

• Pickburn - 2.0 km N
• Brodsworth - 2.2 km NW
• Hickleton - 3.0 km W
• Cusworth - 3.2 km E
• Scawsby - 3.2 km E
• Bilham House - 3.2 km W