Millom in the Domesday Book (1086)
Millom appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Amounderness in Yorkshire.
Other Settlements in Amounderness
- Aighton
- Aldcliffe
- Aldingham
- Arkholme
- Aschebi
- Ashton [Hall]
- Ashton [on Ribble]
- Austwick
- Barbon
- Bardsea
- Bare
- Barnoldswick
- Barton
- Beetham
The Meaning of the Name
The origin of the name Millom 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 Millom.
Listed Buildings Near Millom
Historic England records 11 listed buildings within about a mile of Millom. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.
Grade I
- Church of Holy Trinity - 0.95 km
- Millom Castle - 0.97 km
Grade II
- War Memorial - 0.5 km
- War Memorial Immediately to North of St George’s Church - 0.62 km
- Former Vicarage to North of St George’s Church - 0.65 km
- Church of St George - 0.66 km
- Gatepiers to East of Millom Castle - 0.94 km
- Sundial Approximately 6 Metres to South of Church of Holy Trinity - 0.94 km
- Postlewaithe Memorial Immediately to South of Chancel of Church of Holy Trinity - 0.95 km
- Cross Base Approximately 6 Metres to North of Porch of Church of Holy Trinity - 0.97 km
- Gatepiers to North East of Millom Castle - 0.99 km
Scheduled Monuments Near Millom
Scheduled monuments are nationally important archaeological sites given legal protection. 1 lies within roughly a mile of Millom:
- Millom Castle (ruined portions) - 0.97 km
Millom Today
Today Millom lies within the administrative area of Copeland, and the settlement recorded a population of 7,240 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 Millom on Wikipedia .
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
- Millom Castle - 1.0 km N
- Kirksanton - 3.0 km W
- Whicham - 4.5 km NW
- Kirkby Ireleth - 6.3 km E
- Martin - 7.6 km E
- Broughton in Furness - 7.6 km N
Heritage Around Millom
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.
© Andrew Hill · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Andrew Hill · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Rose and Trev Clough · 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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