South Holme appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Maneshou in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Maneshou

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name South Holme 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 Holme.

Listed Buildings Near South Holme

Historic England records 4 listed buildings within about a mile of South Holme. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II

West Farmhouse - 0.55 km
Manor Farmhouse - 0.62 km
East Ness Bridge - 1.22 km
East Ness Bridge - 1.22 km

South Holme Today

Today South Holme lies within the administrative area of Ryedale, and the settlement recorded a population of 33 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 Holme on Wikipedia .

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

East and West Ness - 2.2 km NW
Fryton - 2.8 km SW
Butterwick - 3.0 km E
North Holme House - 3.0 km N
Brawby - 3.2 km E
Salton - 3.2 km N

Heritage Around [South] Holme

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.

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South Holme in the Domesday Book (1086)