Paull Holme appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Holderness [South Hundred] in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Paull Holme at 3.8 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Paull Holme supported a recorded population of 8 villagers, 10 smallholders, 4 slaves, working 6 ploughs between them.

By 1086 Paull Holme was worth 5 shillings, up from 4 shillings before the Conquest – one of the few settlements in the area to hold its value through the upheaval.

Resources Recorded at Paull Holme (1086)

Mills: 1 mill
Churches: 1
Cattle: 9
Pigs: 20
Sheep: 60
Horses (cobs): 2
Meadow: 13 acres

Other Settlements in Holderness [South Hundred]

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Paull Holme 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 Paull Holme.

Listed Buildings Near Paull Holme

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

Grade I