Riplingham is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Hessle in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Hessle

The Meaning of the Name

The name Riplingham is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word hām, a homestead or village. 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 homestead’.

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

Listed Buildings Near Riplingham

Historic England records 5 listed buildings within about a mile of Riplingham. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II*

Church of Saint Peter - 1.04 km

Grade II

Riplingham Today

Today Riplingham lies within the administrative area of Rowley.

Read more about modern Riplingham on Wikipedia .

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

Little Weighton - 2.2 km NE
High and Low Hunsley - 2.2 km NW
Wauldby - 3.0 km S
Brantingham - 3.6 km SW
Brantingham Thorpe - 3.6 km SW
Toschetorp - 3.6 km SW

Heritage Around Riplingham

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.

St Peter's Churchyard, Rowley (2008)
© Peter Church · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Farm Track Bridge over the old Hull and Barnsley Railway (2008)
© Andy Beecroft · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Houses at Riplingham Crossroads (2008)
© Peter Church · 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.

Riplingham in the Domesday Book (1086)