The settlement of Ryther is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Barkston in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Ryther at 11 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Ryther supported a recorded population of 14 villagers, 15 smallholders, working 10 ploughs between them.

By 1086 Ryther was worth 16 shillings, up from 10 shillings before the Conquest – a sign this community came through the Conquest without being ruined.

Resources Recorded at Ryther (1086)

Mills: 3 mills (valued at 5.46 shillings)
Salthouses: 4
Woodland: 1 * 0.5 leagues

Other Settlements in Barkston

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Ryther 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 Ryther.

Listed Buildings Near Ryther

Historic England records 2 listed buildings within about a mile of Ryther. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade I