Scinestorp in the Domesday Book (1086)
The settlement of Scinestorp is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Strafforth in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Scinestorp at 10 carucates of taxable land.
At the time of the survey, Scinestorp supported a recorded population of 2 villagers, 24 freemanmen, working 9 ploughs between them.
Resources Recorded at Scinestorp (1086)
- Churches: 1
- Meadow: 200 acres
Other Settlements in Strafforth
- Adwick [le Street]
- Adwick [upon Dearne]
- Armthorpe
- Aston
- Attercliffe
- Auckley
- Aughton [Hall]
- Austerfield
- Balby
- Barnbrough
- Barnby [Dun]
- Bentley
- Bilham [House]
- Billingley
The Meaning of the Name
The origin of the name Scinestorp 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 Scinestorp.
Listed Buildings Near Scinestorp
Historic England records 9 listed buildings within about a mile of Scinestorp. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.
Grade I
- Cusworth Hall - 0.44 km
Grade II
- Old Stable Block and Bothy to Cusworth Hall - 0.5 km
- Boathouse at North End of Upper Fish Pond - 0.51 km
- Bowling House and attached Garden Walls to South East of Church Cottage - 0.57 km
- Entrance Lodge to Cusworth Hall Including Wing Walls and Gates - 0.58 km
- The Manor House - 0.66 km
- The Mistal - 0.68 km
- Manor Cottage - 0.69 km
- Keeper’s Cottage and associated Kennels, Orchard Lane, Cusworth - 0.77 km
Scheduled Monuments Near Scinestorp
Scheduled monuments are nationally important archaeological sites given legal protection. 2 lie within roughly a mile of Scinestorp:
- Cusworth Motte Castle - 0.44 km
- Medieval settlement 170m north east of Cusworth Hall - 0.6 km
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
Heritage Around Scinestorp
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
© Richard Croft · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Steve Fareham · 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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