Ryhill in the Domesday Book (1086)
The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Ryhill, 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 origin of the name Ryhill 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 Ryhill.
Listed Buildings Near Ryhill
Historic England records 2 listed buildings within about a mile of Ryhill. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.
Grade II
- Well Head at Se 3858 1459 (In Field Behind Woodlands) - 0.12 km
- Rycliff Farmhouse with attached garden wall - 0.2 km
Ryhill Today
Today Ryhill lies within the administrative area of Wakefield, and the settlement recorded a population of 2,985 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 Ryhill on Wikipedia .
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
- Cold Hiendley - 1.0 km W
- South Hiendley - 2.2 km SE
- Kinsley - 3.0 km E
- Notton - 3.2 km W
- Shafton - 3.2 km S
- Nostell Priory - 3.6 km NE
Heritage Around Ryhill
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.
© Bill Henderson · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Steve Fareham · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© John Fielding · 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.
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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