Roos in the Domesday Book (1086)
The settlement of Roos is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Holderness [South Hundred] in Yorkshire.
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 origin of the name Roos 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 Roos.
Listed Buildings Near Roos
Historic England records 4 listed buildings within about a mile of Roos. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.
Grade II
- Glebe Farmhouse - 0.85 km
- Admiral Storr’s Tower (Hilston Mount) - 1.07 km
- Mount Farmhouse - 1.16 km
- The Cottage - 1.26 km
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
Heritage Around Roos
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.
© Stephen Horncastle · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Paul Glazzard · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Richard Croft · 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
53.7815°N, -0.0344°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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