Maxudesmersc in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Maxudesmersc, entered under the hundred of Dic in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Dic

• Aislaby
• Allerston
• Appleton [le Moors]
• Aschelesmersc
• Aschilesmares
• Barton [le Street]
• Baschebi
• Baschesbi
• Brompton
• Burniston
• Burton [Dale]
• Cawthorn
• Cayton
• Chigogemers

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Maxudesmersc 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 Maxudesmersc.

Listed Buildings Near Maxudesmersc

Historic England records 225 listed buildings within about a mile of Maxudesmersc. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II*

• Beck Isle Museum - 0.32 km

Grade II

• 24 and 25, Under Cliffe - 0.13 km
• 14-19, Under Cliffe - 0.14 km
• 13, Train Lane - 0.16 km
• Friends’ Meeting House - 0.23 km
• 9, Castlegate - 0.24 km
• 10, Castlegate - 0.24 km
• 12 and 13, Castlegate - 0.24 km
• 11, Castlegate - 0.24 km
• 14, 14A and 15, Castlegate - 0.25 km
• 16, Castlegate - 0.25 km
• 17 and 18, Castlegate - 0.25 km
• 19, Castlegate - 0.26 km
• 23-27, Park Terrace - 0.28 km
• Farm Buildings to North of Beck Isle Museum - 0.29 km
• 14, 19 and 21, Brant Hill - 0.3 km
• Pickering Railway Station, Main Building (Including Station House and Retaining Walls) - 0.3 km
• Beck Isle Cottage - 0.31 km
• Premises to left of Fern Leigh occupied by J Watson - 0.32 km
• Fern Leigh - 0.32 km
• 24, Castlegate - 0.34 km
• Rose Cottage - 0.34 km
• 5, Castlegate - 0.34 km
• Langdale House - 0.34 km

…and 201 more listed structures in the area.

Scheduled Monuments Near Maxudesmersc

Scheduled monuments are nationally important archaeological sites given legal protection. 3 lie within roughly a mile of Maxudesmersc:

• Pickering Castle: 11th century motte and bailey castle and 13th century shell keep castle - 0.25 km
• Beacon Hill ringwork siege castle and Royal Observer Corps post - 0.32 km
• St Nicholas’ medieval hospital 550m East of Brick Yard Farm - 1.19 km

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

• Aschelesmersc - 0.0 km N
• Aschilesmares - 0.0 km N
• Maxudesmares - 0.0 km N
• Odulfesmare - 0.0 km N
• Ouduluesmersc - 0.0 km N
• Pickering - 0.0 km N