Pickering in the Domesday Book (1086)
Pickering is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Dic in Yorkshire.
Other Settlements in Dic
- Aislaby
- Allerston
- Appleton [le Moors]
- Aschelesmersc
- Aschilesmares
- Barton [le Street]
- Baschebi
- Baschesbi
- Brompton
- Burniston
- Burton [Dale]
- Cawthorn
- Cayton
- Chigogemers
The Meaning of the Name
The origin of the name Pickering 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 Pickering.
Listed Buildings Near Pickering
Historic England records 225 listed buildings within about a mile of Pickering. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.
Grade II*
- Beck Isle Museum - 0.32 km
Grade II
- 24 and 25, Under Cliffe - 0.13 km
- 14-19, Under Cliffe - 0.14 km
- 13, Train Lane - 0.16 km
- Friends’ Meeting House - 0.23 km
- 9, Castlegate - 0.24 km
- 10, Castlegate - 0.24 km
- 12 and 13, Castlegate - 0.24 km
- 11, Castlegate - 0.24 km
- 14, 14A and 15, Castlegate - 0.25 km
- 16, Castlegate - 0.25 km
- 17 and 18, Castlegate - 0.25 km
- 19, Castlegate - 0.26 km
- 23-27, Park Terrace - 0.28 km
- Farm Buildings to North of Beck Isle Museum - 0.29 km
- 14, 19 and 21, Brant Hill - 0.3 km
- Pickering Railway Station, Main Building (Including Station House and Retaining Walls) - 0.3 km
- Beck Isle Cottage - 0.31 km
- Premises to left of Fern Leigh occupied by J Watson - 0.32 km
- Fern Leigh - 0.32 km
- 24, Castlegate - 0.34 km
- Rose Cottage - 0.34 km
- 5, Castlegate - 0.34 km
- Langdale House - 0.34 km
…and 201 more listed structures in the area.
Scheduled Monuments Near Pickering
Scheduled monuments are nationally important archaeological sites given legal protection. 3 lie within roughly a mile of Pickering:
- Pickering Castle: 11th century motte and bailey castle and 13th century shell keep castle - 0.25 km
- Beacon Hill ringwork siege castle and Royal Observer Corps post - 0.32 km
- St Nicholas’ medieval hospital 550m East of Brick Yard Farm - 1.19 km
Pickering Today
Today Pickering lies within the administrative area of North Yorkshire, and the settlement recorded a population of 7,257 at the 2021 census. Nine and a half centuries separate that figure from the small rural community the Domesday survey recorded here in 1086.
Read more about modern Pickering on Wikipedia .
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
- Aschelesmersc - 0.0 km N
- Aschilesmares - 0.0 km N
- Maxudesmares - 0.0 km N
- Maxudesmersc - 0.0 km N
- Odulfesmare - 0.0 km N
- Ouduluesmersc - 0.0 km N
Heritage Around Pickering
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.
© Alison Stamp · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Keith Evans · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Charles Rispin · 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.
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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