Roughbirchworth in the Domesday Book (1086)

Roughbirchworth appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Staincross in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Staincross

• Adlingfleet
• Barnby [Hall]
• Barnsley
• Barugh
• Brierley
• Carlton
• Cawthorne
• Chevet
• Clactone
• Clayton [West]
• Darton
• Dodworth
• Hemsworth
• Hoyland [Swaine]

The Meaning of the Name

The name Roughbirchworth is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word worð, an enclosure or homestead. 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 enclosure’.

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

Listed Buildings Near Roughbirchworth

Historic England records 10 listed buildings within about a mile of Roughbirchworth. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II

• Oxspring Bridge Over River Don - 0.91 km
• Cloth Hall Farmhouse - 0.97 km
• Barn Approximately 10 Metres South East of Cloth Hall Farmhouse - 0.98 km
• Cottage at High Wells Farm Approximately 10 Metres West of New Farmhouse - 1.02 km
• Chapel Farmhouse Including Chapel - 1.05 km
• Barn and Farm Buildings Attached to Chapel Farmhouse - 1.06 km
• Willow Bridge, Approximately 300 Metres North of Willow Lane Bungalow - 1.15 km
• Thurgoland Bridge - 1.17 km
• Thurgoland Bridge - 1.17 km
• Milepost approximately 350 metres west of Thurgoland Bridge - 1.25 km

Roughbirchworth Today

Today Roughbirchworth lies within the administrative area of Oxspring.

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

• Clactone - 1.4 km NE
• Oxspring - 1.4 km NE
• Hunshelf Hall - 2.2 km SE
• Penistone - 2.8 km NW
• Hoyland Swaine - 3.0 km N
• Thurgoland - 3.2 km E