Neswick Hall in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Neswick Hall is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Driffield in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Driffield

• Bainton
• Cranswick
• Eastburn
• Hutton [Cranswick]
• Kelleythorpe
• Rotsea
• Skerne
• Southburn
• Tibthorpe
• Torp
• [Great] Driffield
• [Great] Kendale
• [Kirk]burn
• [Little] Driffield

The Meaning of the Name

The name Neswick Hall is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word wīc, a dwelling, dairy farm or trading settlement. 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 specialised farm’.

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

Listed Buildings Near Neswick Hall

Historic England records 5 listed buildings within about a mile of Neswick Hall. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade I

• Church of St Andrew - 1.1 km

Grade II

• Dutch Barn to East of Outbuildings Neswick Hall - 0.34 km
• Stables and Outbuildings to Former Neswick Hall - 0.34 km
• The Old Rectory - 1.08 km
• Coach-house and Stables to the Old Rectory - 1.11 km

Neswick Hall Today

Today Neswick Hall lies within the administrative area of Bainton.

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

• Bainton - 1.0 km W
• Southburn - 2.2 km NE
• Bracken - 2.2 km SE
• Kirkburn - 3.0 km N
• Tibthorpe - 3.2 km N
• Torp - 3.2 km N