St Michael's on Wyre in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of St Michael’s on Wyre, entered under the hundred of Amounderness in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Amounderness

• Aighton
• Aldcliffe
• Aldingham
• Arkholme
• Aschebi
• Ashton [Hall]
• Ashton [on Ribble]
• Austwick
• Barbon
• Bardsea
• Bare
• Barnoldswick
• Barton
• Beetham

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name St Michael’s on Wyre 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 St Michael’s on Wyre.

Listed Buildings Near St Michael’s on Wyre

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

Grade I

• Church of St Michael - 0.58 km

Grade II

• The Old House - 0.39 km
• Milestone - 0.52 km
• Pair of Gatepiers on Roadside, North of St Michael’s Hall - 0.58 km
• St Michael’s Bridge - 0.58 km
• Mounting Block Adjoining South Western Tower Buttress, Church of St Michael - 0.59 km
• St Michael’s on Wyre War Memorial - 0.6 km
• Milestone West of St Michael’s on Wyre Village - 0.95 km

St Michael’s on Wyre Today

Today St Michael’s on Wyre lies within the administrative area of Upper Rawcliffe-with-Tarnacre.

Read more about modern St Michael’s on Wyre on Wikipedia .

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

• Aschebi - 0.0 km N
• Upper Rawcliffe - 3.0 km W
• Catterall - 3.2 km E
• Sowerby Hall - 3.2 km S
• Inskip - 4.0 km S
• Great Eccleston - 4.1 km W