North Elmsall in the Domesday Book (1086)
North Elmsall appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Osgodcross in Yorkshire.
Other Settlements in Osgodcross
- Arksey
- Badsworth
- Beal
- Burgh[wallis]
- Campsall
- Darrington
- Featherstone
- Ferry [Fryston]
- Hamphall [Stubbs]
- Hensall
- Hessle
- Kellington
- Knottingley
- Minsthorpe
The Meaning of the Name
The origin of the name North Elmsall 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 North Elmsall.
Listed Buildings Near North Elmsall
Historic England records 6 listed buildings within about a mile of North Elmsall. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.
Grade II
- Milepost in Front of Milestone House - 0.23 km
- Church of St Margaret - 0.28 km
- Park View the Cottage - 0.33 km
- The Old Hall - 0.65 km
- Barn Approximately 10 Metres East of Old Hall - 0.68 km
- Hill House Rock House Farmhouse - 1.0 km
North Elmsall Today
Today North Elmsall lies within the administrative area of Upton and North Elmsall, and the settlement recorded a population of 4,066 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 North Elmsall on Wikipedia .
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
- Minsthorpe - 0.0 km N
- Upton - 1.0 km N
- South Elmsall - 1.0 km S
- Moorthorpe - 1.4 km SW
- South Kirkby - 2.2 km SW
- Hamphall Stubbs - 2.2 km SE
Heritage Around [North] Elmsall
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.
© Bob Paterson · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Betty Longbottom · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Bill Henderson · 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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