Routh appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Holderness [Middle Hundred] in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Holderness [Middle Hundred]

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Routh 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 Routh.

Listed Buildings Near Routh

Historic England records 1 listed building within about a mile of Routh. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II*

Church of All Saints - 0.5 km

Routh Today

Today Routh lies within the administrative area of East Riding of Yorkshire, and the settlement recorded a population of 140 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 Routh on Wikipedia .

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

Meaux - 2.0 km S
Chenecol - 3.0 km E
Chenucol - 3.0 km E
Chenuthesholm - 3.0 km E
Long Riston - 3.0 km E
Tickton - 3.2 km W

Heritage Around Routh

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.

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Routh in the Domesday Book (1086)