Seacroft in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Seacroft, entered under the hundred of Skyrack in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Skyrack

• Adel
• Allerton [Bywater]
• Alwoodley
• Arthington
• Austhorpe
• Baildon
• Bardsey
• Barwick [in Elmet]
• Bichertun
• Bicherun
• Bingley
• Birkby [Hill]
• Bramhope
• Burden [Head]

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Seacroft 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 Seacroft.

Listed Buildings Near Seacroft

Historic England records 8 listed buildings within about a mile of Seacroft. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II

• The Old Lamb Guesthouse - 0.32 km
• 1049 and 1051, York Road - 0.36 km
• Church of St James - 0.48 km
• Cricketers Arms Public House - 0.62 km
• The Grange - 0.67 km
• Coach House and Service Range to the Grange - 0.67 km
• Tower at Seacroft Hospital - 1.04 km
• K8 Public Telephone Kiosk (Mark 2), Seacroft Hospital - 1.09 km

Seacroft Today

Today Seacroft lies within the administrative area of Leeds, and the settlement recorded a population of 14,246 at recent figures. Nine and a half centuries separate that figure from the small rural community the Domesday survey recorded here in 1086.

Read more about modern Seacroft on Wikipedia .

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

• Manston - 1.0 km E
• Halton - 2.0 km S
• Coldcotes - 2.2 km SW
• Austhorpe - 2.8 km SE
• Shippen House - 3.2 km E
• Colton - 3.2 km S