Nidd in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Burghshire

• Addlethorpe
• Aismunderby
• Aldfield
• Allerton [Mauleverer]
• Arkendale
• Askwith
• Azerley
• Barrowby [Grange]
• Beckwith [House]
• Besthaim
• Bestham
• Bewerley
• Bilton
• Birstwith

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Nidd 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 Nidd.

Listed Buildings Near Nidd

Historic England records 7 listed buildings within about a mile of Nidd. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II

• Nidd Hall - 0.5 km
• Stables Approximately 30 Metres North of Nidd Hall - 0.57 km
• Church of St Paul and St Margaret - 0.58 km
• Cross Base and Lower Part of Shaft Approximately 10 Metres South of Porch of Church of St Paul and St Margaret - 0.58 km
• South Lodge to Nidd Hall - 0.74 km
• Gates, Gate Piers and Flanking Walls at South Lodge to Nidd Hall - 0.75 km
• The Homestead - 0.81 km

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

• Susacres - 1.0 km N
• Ripley - 2.0 km W
• Brearton - 2.2 km NE
• Scotton - 2.2 km SE
• Killinghall - 2.8 km SW
• South Stainley - 3.0 km N