Northowram in the Domesday Book (1086)

Northowram appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Morley in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Morley

• Allerton
• Armley
• Batley
• Beeston
• Bolton
• Bowling
• Bradford
• Bramley
• Calverley
• Carlton
• Chellow [Grange]
• Clayton
• Clifton
• Cruttonstall

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Northowram 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 Northowram.

Listed Buildings Near Northowram

Historic England records 45 listed buildings within about a mile of Northowram. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II*

• 34 and 36 Staups Lane - 0.97 km

Grade II

• Church of St Matthew - 0.53 km
• Northowram United Reformed Church - 0.55 km
• 17 and 19, Town Gate - 0.57 km
• 15, Town Gate - 0.58 km
• Shoulder of Mutton Public House, including the former Priestley Hall - 0.59 km
• 31, Town Gate - 0.63 km
• Tudor House - 0.7 km
• 8 and 9, Tetley Lane - 0.7 km
• Hillway House - 0.72 km
• Sowood House - 0.78 km
• Baxter Farmhouse - 0.81 km
• Cinder Hill - 0.81 km
• Boundary Stone at Ngr Se 123 269 - 0.89 km
• Mytholme Farmhouse - 0.9 km
• Barn to West of Numbers 19 and 20 - 0.95 km
• 18-20, Towngate - 0.96 km
• Archway in South Garden Wall of Numbers 18-20 - 0.97 km
• Church of St John - 0.99 km
• Ryders Court - 0.99 km
• 16 and 17, Towngate - 0.99 km
• Hargreaves Head - 1.0 km
• Thornhill House - 1.02 km
• Cottage and Attched Barn to North East of Hargreaves Head - 1.03 km

…and 21 more listed structures in the area.

Scheduled Monuments Near Northowram

Scheduled monuments are nationally important archaeological sites given legal protection. 2 lie within roughly a mile of Northowram:

• Magna Via - 1.25 km
• Ventilation chimney and furnace house 260m south of Park Farm - 1.57 km

Northowram Today

Today Northowram lies within the administrative area of unparished part of Calderdale.

Read more about modern Northowram on Wikipedia .

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

• Hipperholme - 1.4 km SE
• Shelf - 2.2 km NE
• Southowram - 3.0 km S
• Wyke - 4.1 km E
• Elland - 5.1 km S
• Rastrick - 5.4 km S