Salwick Hall is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Amounderness in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Amounderness

The Meaning of the Name

The name Salwick Hall is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word wīc, a dwelling, dairy farm or trading settlement. 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 specialised farm’.

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

Listed Buildings Near Salwick Hall

Historic England records 7 listed buildings within about a mile of Salwick Hall. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II

Wilson’s Bridge Number 25 - 0.14 km
Salwick Hall Bridge (Number 24) - 0.25 km
Salwick Bridge (Number 26) - 0.6 km
Milestone Circa 20 Metres South of Six Mile Bridge - 0.92 km
Six Mile Bridge (Number 27) - 0.92 km
The Windmill Tavern - 1.23 km
Ward’s House Bridge (Number 23) - 1.28 km

Salwick Hall Today

Today Salwick Hall lies within the administrative area of Newton-with-Clifton.

Read more about modern Salwick on Wikipedia .

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

Clifton - 2.0 km S
Lea - 2.8 km SE
Newton - 2.8 km SW
Treales - 3.0 km W
Woodplumpton - 3.6 km NE
Kirkham - 4.0 km W

Heritage Around Salwick [Hall]

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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Salwick Hall in the Domesday Book (1086)