Redmire in the Domesday Book (1086)
Redmire is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Land of Count Alan in Yorkshire.
Other Settlements in Land of Count Alan
- Achebi
- Agglethorpe
- Ainderby [Mires]
- Ainderby [Quernhow]
- Aiskew
- Aldbrough
- Allerthorpe [Hall]
- Ascam
- Ascham
- Asebi
- Aske [Hall]
- Askrigg
- Aysgarth
- Baldersby
The Meaning of the Name
The origin of the name Redmire 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 Redmire.
Listed Buildings Near Redmire
Historic England records 14 listed buildings within about a mile of Redmire. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.
Grade I
- Bolton Castle - 1.29 km
Grade II*
- Church of St Mary - 0.84 km
- Church of St Oswald - 1.29 km
Grade II
- Manor House - 0.13 km
- Old Elm House - 0.24 km
- Hogra Farmhouse and Calf House - 0.28 km
- Pump - 0.32 km
- Lightfoot Hall and Lightfoot House - 0.32 km
- Priory House - 0.34 km
- Pyra House - 0.45 km
- Elm House - 0.54 km
- The Swan - 0.66 km
- Crayke House - 1.13 km
- K6 Telephone Kiosk Opposite Rose Cottage - 1.15 km
Scheduled Monuments Near Redmire
Scheduled monuments are nationally important archaeological sites given legal protection. 1 lies within roughly a mile of Redmire:
- Bolton Castle - 1.29 km
Redmire Today
Today Redmire lies within the administrative area of North Yorkshire, and the settlement recorded a population of 318 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 Redmire on Wikipedia .
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
- Castle Bolton - 1.0 km W
- High and Low Thoresby - 1.4 km SW
- Preston under Scar - 2.0 km E
- West Bolton - 2.2 km SW
- West Witton - 3.6 km SE
- Carperby - 4.5 km SW
Heritage Around Redmire
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.
© Gordon Hatton · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Chris Heaton · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Roger Gilbertson · 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
54.3189°N, -1.9308°W · Land of Count Alan 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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