North Grimston in the Domesday Book (1086)

North Grimston is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Scard in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Scard

• Birdsall
• Buckton [Holms]
• Burdale
• Duggleby
• Kennythorpe
• Langton
• Linton
• Norton
• Rillington
• Scagglethorpe
• Scampston
• Settrington
• Sutton [Grange]
• Thorpe [Bassett]

The Meaning of the Name

The name North Grimston is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word tūn, a farmstead or village. 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 farmstead’.

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

Listed Buildings Near North Grimston

Historic England records 3 listed buildings within about a mile of North Grimston. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade I

• Church of Saint Nicholas - 0.56 km

Grade II

• The Yard - 0.4 km
• North Grimston House - 0.64 km

North Grimston Today

Today North Grimston lies within the administrative area of Ryedale.

Read more about modern North Grimston on Wikipedia .

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

• Buckton Holms - 2.0 km N
• Wharram le Street - 2.8 km SE
• Duggleby - 3.0 km E
• Settrington - 3.2 km N
• Wharram Percy - 3.2 km S
• Birdsall - 4.2 km SW