Redmere is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Holderness [South Hundred] in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Redmere at 1.5 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Redmere supported a recorded population of 14 smallholders, 8 freemanmen, working 4 ploughs between them.

By 1086 Redmere was worth 2.58 shillings, up from 1.85 shillings before the Conquest – in contrast to many Yorkshire neighbours whose valuations collapsed.

The survey lists 4 manors at Redmere under different lords. Splitting a single settlement between multiple tenants was common across the North – Saxon estates broken up and handed to William’s followers after 1066.

Resources Recorded at Redmere (1086)

Churches: 1
Cattle: 2
Pigs: 15
Sheep: 60
Horses (cobs): 1
Meadow: 4 acres

Other Settlements in Holderness [South Hundred]

The Meaning of the Name

The name Redmere is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word mere, a pool or lake, while the first element appears to represent red. Taken together the name probably meant something close to ’the red pool’.

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

Listed Buildings Near Redmere

Historic England records 6 listed buildings within about a mile of Redmere. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II*