Riccal House in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Riccal House is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Maneshou in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Maneshou

• Amotherby
• Ampleforth
• Appleton [le Street]
• Beadlam
• Brawby
• Broughton
• Cawton
• Coulton
• Fadmoor
• Fryton
• Gillamoor
• Gilling [East]
• Griff [Farm]
• Grimston

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Riccal House 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 Riccal House.

Listed Buildings Near Riccal House

Historic England records 7 listed buildings within about a mile of Riccal House. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade I

• Nunnington Hall - 1.15 km

Grade II*

• Nunnington Bridge - 1.22 km

Grade II

• Nunnington Mill - 1.04 km
• Garden Walls, Gateways and Gate Piers Attached to Nunnington Hall - 1.11 km
• Lower Pasture House Farmhouse - 1.17 km
• Gatepiers, and Attached Walls, Approximately 130 Metres East of High Orchard - 1.2 km
• Gatepiers Approximately 50 Metres West of Nunnington Hall, Attached Wall to North Pier, and 30 Metres of Wall Attached to South Pier - 1.21 km

Nearby Domesday Settlements

Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:

• Middelham - 1.0 km E
• Nunnington - 1.4 km SW
• East and West Ness - 2.2 km SE
• North Holme House - 3.0 km E
• East Newton - 3.2 km W
• West Newton Grange - 3.2 km W