Mulede in the Domesday Book (1086)

Mulede is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Ainsty in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Ainsty

• Acaster [Malbis]
• Acaster [Selby]
• Acomb
• Appleton [Roebuck]
• Askham [Bryan]
• Askham [Richard]
• Bickerton
• Bilbrough
• Bilton
• Bishopthorpe
• Bithen
• Bolton [Percy]
• Catterton
• Colton

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Mulede 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 Mulede.

Listed Buildings Near Mulede

Historic England records 22 listed buildings within about a mile of Mulede. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade I

• Bishopthorpe Palace and Chapel - 0.37 km

Grade II*

• Gatehouse and Walls Adjoining to Bishopthorpe Palace - 0.31 km
• The Stables to Bishopthorpe Palace - 0.36 km
• Middlethorpe Hall - 1.21 km

Grade II

• The Ebor Inn - 0.19 km
• Chestnut Cottage - 0.21 km
• The Cottage - 0.22 km
• The Whitehouse - 0.23 km
• Stables, Wall and Gate-piers to the Whitehouse - 0.24 km
• Priory Corner - 0.26 km
• The Chantry - 0.26 km
• Ruined Church of St Andrew - 0.32 km
• Wall and archway adjoining Bishopthorpe Palace to right - 0.34 km
• War Memorial - 0.34 km
• Sundial Approximately 10 Metres South-east of Bishopthorpe Palace - 0.36 km
• Brewsters Cottage and Brewhouse - 0.38 km
• Church of St Andrew - 0.43 km
• Folly in Grounds of Bishopthorpe Palace - 0.58 km
• Bishopthorpe Garth - 0.68 km
• Bishopthorpe walled kitchen gardens, their associated brick lean-to buildings and canalised stream - 0.7 km
• Garth Cottage and Garth Mews, Gatehouses to Bishopthorpe Garth - 0.71 km
• Dovecote Approximately 50 Metres South East of Middlethorpe Hall - 1.21 km

Mulede Today

Today Mulede lies within the administrative area of City of York, and the settlement recorded a population of 3,332 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 Bishopthorpe on Wikipedia .

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

• Bishopthorpe - 0.0 km N
• Mulehale - 0.0 km N
• Mulhede - 0.0 km N
• Bithen - 1.0 km N
• Middlethorpe - 1.0 km N
• Water Fulford - 1.4 km NE