Nunwick in the Domesday Book (1086)

Nunwick appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Hallikeld in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Hallikeld

• Brampton [Hall]
• Caldeuuelle
• Cundall
• Dishforth
• Ellenthorpe [Hall]
• Givendale
• Hashundebi
• Holme
• Howgrave
• Hutton [Conyers]
• Kirby [Hill]
• Leckby [Palace]
• Markington
• Milby

The Meaning of the Name

The name Nunwick is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word wīc, a dwelling, dairy farm or trading settlement. 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 specialised farm’.

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

Listed Buildings Near Nunwick

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

Grade II

• Barn at Nunwick House Farm - 0.35 km
• Hutton Hall - 0.94 km

Scheduled Monuments Near Nunwick

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

• Henge monument 300m north of Nunwick - 0.47 km
• Hutton Hall (site of) - 0.95 km

Nunwick Today

Today Nunwick lies within the administrative area of Hutton Conyers.

Read more about modern Nunwick on Wikipedia .

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

• Hutton Conyers - 1.0 km S
• Norton Conyers - 2.2 km NW
• Wath - 3.0 km N
• Hashundebi - 3.0 km S
• Melmerby - 3.2 km N
• Ripon - 3.2 km S