South Elmsall in the Domesday Book (1086)
South Elmsall is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Strafforth in Yorkshire.
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 South Elmsall 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 South Elmsall.
Listed Buildings Near South Elmsall
Historic England records 4 listed buildings within about a mile of South Elmsall. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.
Grade II
- Hill House Rock House Farmhouse - 0.11 km
- South Elmsall and Moorthorpe War Memorial - 0.88 km
- Milepost in Front of Milestone House - 1.23 km
- Church of St Margaret - 1.27 km
South Elmsall Today
Today South Elmsall lies within the administrative area of Wakefield, and the settlement recorded a population of 7,566 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 South Elmsall on Wikipedia .
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
- Moorthorpe - 1.0 km W
- Minsthorpe - 1.0 km N
- North Elmsall - 1.0 km N
- Hamphall Stubbs - 2.0 km E
- South Kirkby - 2.0 km W
- Upton - 2.0 km N
Heritage Around [South] Elmsall
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
© Bill Henderson · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Mike Duffy · 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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