Scrayingham in the Domesday Book (1086)

Scrayingham is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Acklam in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Acklam

• Acklam
• Barthorpe [Grange]
• Bugthorpe
• Burythorpe
• Eddlethorpe
• Firby
• Fridaythorpe
• Garrowby [Hall]
• Howsham
• Kirby [Underdale]
• Kirkham
• Leavening
• Leppington
• Menethorpe

The Meaning of the Name

The name Scrayingham is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word hām, a homestead or village. 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 homestead’.

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

Listed Buildings Near Scrayingham

Historic England records 6 listed buildings within about a mile of Scrayingham. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II*

• Church of Saint Peter - 0.33 km

Grade II

• Church Hall, Scrayingham - 0.29 km
• The Old Rectory - 0.51 km
• Village Farmhouse - 0.63 km
• Japonica Cottage - 0.73 km
• Barnby House Barns - 1.23 km

Scrayingham Today

Today Scrayingham lies within the administrative area of Ryedale, and the settlement recorded a population of 220 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 Scrayingham on Wikipedia .

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

• Barnby House - 1.0 km W
• Bossall - 2.0 km W
• Howsham - 2.0 km N
• Buttercrambe - 2.0 km S
• Thorpe Hill - 2.2 km SW
• Leppington - 3.2 km E