Middelham appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Yarlestre in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Yarlestre

The Meaning of the Name

The name Middelham is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word hām, a homestead or village, while the first element appears to represent the middle. Taken together the name probably meant something close to ’the middle homestead’.

Remarkably, the name has changed little since 1086, when the Domesday scribes wrote it as Middelham.

Listed Buildings Near Middelham

Historic England records 2 listed buildings within about a mile of Middelham. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II

Manor Farmhouse - 0.45 km
Trowbridge Farmhouse - 0.75 km

Middelham Today

Today Middelham lies within the administrative area of Nunnington.

Read more about modern Muscoates on Wikipedia .

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

Riccal House - 1.0 km W
East and West Ness - 1.4 km SE
North Holme House - 2.0 km E
Nunnington - 2.2 km SW
Salton - 3.0 km E
Wombleton - 3.6 km NW

Heritage Around Middelham

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.

Well it looks like a barn! (2009)
© Matthew Hatton · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Footbridge from the National Trust car park to Nunnington Hall (2008)
© Wesley Trevor Johnston · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Footbridge towards Nunnington Hall (2010)
© hayley green · 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.

Middelham in the Domesday Book (1086)