Rawmarsh in the Domesday Book (1086)
The settlement of Rawmarsh is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Strafforth in Yorkshire.
Other Settlements in Strafforth
- Adwick [le Street]
- Adwick [upon Dearne]
- Armthorpe
- Aston
- Attercliffe
- Auckley
- Aughton [Hall]
- Austerfield
- Balby
- Barnbrough
- Barnby [Dun]
- Bentley
- Bilham [House]
- Billingley
The Meaning of the Name
The origin of the name Rawmarsh 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 Rawmarsh.
Listed Buildings Near Rawmarsh
Historic England records 5 listed buildings within about a mile of Rawmarsh. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.
Grade II*
- St Marys Rectory - 0.54 km
Grade II
- Church of St Mary - 0.54 km
- Railings and Walled Enclosure Immediately to East South and West of Church of St Mary - 0.55 km
- Pumping House at Ncb Mines Drainage Unit - 0.83 km
- Hall Farmhouse - 1.29 km
Scheduled Monuments Near Rawmarsh
Scheduled monuments are nationally important archaeological sites given legal protection. 1 lies within roughly a mile of Rawmarsh:
Rawmarsh Today
Today Rawmarsh lies within the administrative area of Rotherham, and the settlement recorded a population of 18,498 at recent figures. Nine and a half centuries separate that figure from the small rural community the Domesday survey recorded here in 1086.
Read more about modern Rawmarsh on Wikipedia .
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
- Greasbrough - 2.2 km SW
- Dalton - 2.8 km SE
- Newhill - 3.0 km N
- Thrybergh - 3.2 km E
- Swinton - 3.6 km NE
- Wath upon Dearne - 4.0 km N
Heritage Around Rawmarsh
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.
© Christopher Thomas · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Alan Murray-Rust · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Roger May · 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.
Found an inaccuracy? [email protected]