Nunkeeling appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Holderness [North Hundred] in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Nunkeeling at 2.6 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Nunkeeling supported a recorded population of 9 villagers, 21 smallholders, 2 slaves, working 10 ploughs between them.

By 1086 Nunkeeling was worth 12 shillings, up from 10 shillings before the Conquest – one of the few settlements in the area to hold its value through the upheaval.

The survey lists 3 manors at Nunkeeling under different lords. Splitting a single settlement between multiple tenants was common across the North – Saxon estates broken up and handed to William’s followers after 1066.

Resources Recorded at Nunkeeling (1086)

Mills: 1 mill
Cattle: 15
Pigs: 50
Sheep: 70
Horses (cobs): 1
Meadow: 70 acres
Woodland: 120 pigs

Other Settlements in Holderness [North Hundred]

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Nunkeeling 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 Nunkeeling.

Listed Buildings Near Nunkeeling

Historic England records 2 listed buildings within about a mile of Nunkeeling. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II