Rimswell in the Domesday Book (1086)
Rimswell 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 Rimswell at 4 carucates of taxable land.
Other Settlements in Holderness [South Hundred]
- Andrebi
- Burstwick
- Camerton [Hall]
- Dimlington
- Easington
- Grimston
- Halsham
- Hilston
- Hollym
- Holmpton
- Keyingham
- Kilnsea
- Monkwith
- Newton [Garth]
The Meaning of the Name
The name Rimswell is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word wella, a spring or stream. The first element is most likely a personal name or an early descriptive term, now difficult to recover with certainty. Taken together the name probably meant something close to ‘a spring’.
Remarkably, the name has changed little since 1086, when the Domesday scribes wrote it as Rimswell.
Listed Buildings Near Rimswell
Historic England records 5 listed buildings within about a mile of Rimswell. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.
Grade II
- Shaw Farmhouse - 0.27 km
- Church of St Mary - 0.54 km
- Blue Hall - 0.7 km
- Rimswell Water Tower - 1.23 km
- Gate, Flanking Walls and Railings Approximately 10 Metres West of Rimswell Water Tower - 1.25 km
Rimswell Today
Today Rimswell lies within the administrative area of East Riding of Yorkshire, and the settlement recorded a population of 189 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 Rimswell on Wikipedia .
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
- Waxholme - 1.4 km NE
- Redmere - 2.0 km E
- Great and Little Newsome - 2.2 km SW
- Owthorne - 3.0 km E
- Withernsea - 3.2 km E
- Tunstall - 3.2 km N
Heritage Around Rimswell
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.
© Paul Glazzard · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Paul Glazzard · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Stephen Horncastle · 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
53.7360°N, -0.0062°W · Holderness [South Hundred] 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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