Rossett Green in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Rossett Green is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Burghshire in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Burghshire

• Addlethorpe
• Aismunderby
• Aldfield
• Allerton [Mauleverer]
• Arkendale
• Askwith
• Azerley
• Barrowby [Grange]
• Beckwith [House]
• Besthaim
• Bestham
• Bewerley
• Bilton
• Birstwith

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Rossett Green 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 Rossett Green.

Listed Buildings Near Rossett Green

Historic England records 12 listed buildings within about a mile of Rossett Green. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II*

• Bilton Grove Farmhouse - 0.94 km
• Hill Top Hall - 1.04 km
• Parish Church of St Robert of Knaresborough - 1.28 km

Grade II

• Springfield House - 0.72 km
• Dawcross Farmhouse - 0.85 km
• 51 and 53, Main Street - 1.09 km
• 35, Main Street - 1.16 km
• Barn Approximately 5 Metres East of Lund House - 1.2 km
• 23 and 25, Main Street - 1.21 km
• Lund House - 1.22 km
• 14, Main Street - 1.26 km
• 12, Main Street - 1.27 km

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

• Beckwith House - 1.0 km W
• Rigton - 3.2 km S
• Walton Head - 3.6 km SE
• Kirkby Overblow - 4.2 km SE
• Tidover - 5.0 km SE
• Rudfarlington - 5.4 km E