Owstwick in the Domesday Book (1086)
Owstwick is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Holderness [South Hundred] in Yorkshire.
Other Settlements in Holderness [South Hundred]
- Andrebi
- Burstwick
- Camerton [Hall]
- Dimlington
- Easington
- Grimston
- Halsham
- Hilston
- Hollym
- Holmpton
- Keyingham
- Kilnsea
- Monkwith
- Newton [Garth]
The Meaning of the Name
The name Owstwick 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 Owstwick.
Owstwick Today
Today Owstwick lies within the administrative area of Roos.
Read more about modern Owstwick on Wikipedia .
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
- Burton Pidsea - 1.4 km SW
- Danthorpe - 2.0 km W
- Hilston - 2.2 km NE
- Fitling - 2.2 km NW
- Elstronwick - 3.0 km W
- Andrebi - 3.2 km E
Heritage Around Owstwick
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.
© Paul Glazzard · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Paul Glazzard · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Stephen Horncastle · 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.
Location
53.7732°N, -0.0803°W · Holderness [South Hundred] hundred, Yorkshire
View larger map on OpenStreetMap →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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