Sherburn in Elmet in the Domesday Book (1086)
The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Sherburn in Elmet, entered under the hundred of Barkston in Yorkshire.
Other Settlements in Barkston
- Barkston
- Barlow
- Birkin
- Bramham
- Brayton
- Burton [Hall]
- Camblesforth
- Carlton
- Clifford
- Drax
- Fairburn
- Grimston [Grange]
- Hambleton
- Hazelwood [Castle]
The Meaning of the Name
The origin of the name Sherburn in Elmet 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 Sherburn in Elmet.
Listed Buildings Near Sherburn in Elmet
Historic England records 5 listed buildings within about a mile of Sherburn in Elmet. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.
Grade I
- Church of All Saints - 0.2 km
Grade II
- Churchyard Cross Approximately 3 Metres to East of South Porch of All Saints Church - 0.21 km
- 63 and 65, Kirkgate - 0.4 km
- Old Hungate Hospital - 0.8 km
- 2 and 4, Finkle Hill - 0.82 km
Scheduled Monuments Near Sherburn in Elmet
Scheduled monuments are nationally important archaeological sites given legal protection. 1 lies within roughly a mile of Sherburn in Elmet:
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
- Hunchilhuse - 0.0 km N
- Hunchilhuses - 0.0 km N
- Barkston - 3.2 km N
- Saxton - 3.2 km N
- Lead - 3.6 km NW
- Church and Little Fenton - 4.5 km NE
Heritage Around Sherburn [in Elmet]
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.
© Betty Longbottom · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© I Love Colour · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Betty Longbottom · 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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