Stancil in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Stancil is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 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 Stancil 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 Stancil.

Listed Buildings Near Stancil

Historic England records 2 listed buildings within about a mile of Stancil. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II

• Limpool Farmhouse - 1.07 km
• Chapel Attached to South West Corner of Hesley Hall - 1.24 km

Scheduled Monuments Near Stancil

Scheduled monuments are nationally important archaeological sites given legal protection. 1 lies within roughly a mile of Stancil:

• Stancil Roman villa - 0.58 km

Stancil Today

Today Stancil lies within the administrative area of Tickhill.

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

• Dadsley - 3.2 km S
• Littleworth - 3.6 km NE
• Wilsic Hall - 4.0 km W
• Austerfield - 6.1 km E
• Balby - 7.2 km NW
• Old Edlington - 7.3 km W