Moorsholm in the Domesday Book (1086)
The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Moorsholm, entered under the hundred of Langbaurgh in Yorkshire.
Other Settlements in Langbaurgh
- Acklam
- Airy [Holme]
- Aislaby
- Arnodestorp
- Baldebi
- Barnaby
- Barwick
- Battersby
- Bergolbi
- Berguluesbi
- Blaten [Carr]
- Borrowby
- Breck
- Brotton
The Meaning of the Name
The name Moorsholm is of Scandinavian origin. Its final element derives from the Old Norse word holmr, an island or dry ground in marsh. 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 island’.
Names of this type are a fingerprint of Scandinavian settlement: they cluster across the old Danelaw, where Norse-speaking settlers renamed or founded villages from the late 9th century onward.
Remarkably, the name has changed little since 1086, when the Domesday scribes wrote it as Moorsholm.
Listed Buildings Near Moorsholm
Historic England records 4 listed buildings within about a mile of Moorsholm. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.
Grade II
- Red Hall Farmhouse and Farm Cottage - 0.34 km
- Forge Circa 5 Metres South East of Number 37 - 0.37 km
- Barn/cart Shed With Granary, Circa 23 Metres West of Lodge Farmhouse - 0.7 km
- Guidepost Attached to Oven Close Bridge - 1.13 km
Moorsholm Today
Today Moorsholm lies within the administrative area of Lockwood.
Read more about modern Moorsholm on Wikipedia .
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
- Stainton - 1.4 km SW
- Little Moorsholm - 2.0 km N
- Liverton - 3.2 km E
- Kilton Thorpe - 3.2 km N
- Kilton - 4.5 km NE
- Roskelthorpe - 5.0 km NE
Heritage Around Moorsholm
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.
© Mick Garratt · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Mick Garratt · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Stephen McCulloch · 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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