Tinsley in the Domesday Book (1086)

Tinsley appears in the Domesday Book 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 name Tinsley is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word lēah, a woodland clearing or glade. The first element is most likely a personal name or an early descriptive term, now difficult to recover with certainty. Taken together the name probably meant something close to ‘a clearing’.

Remarkably, the name has changed little since 1086, when the Domesday scribes wrote it as Tinsley.

Listed Buildings Near Tinsley

Historic England records 3 listed buildings within about a mile of Tinsley. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II

• Lych Gate and Boundary Walls 10 Metres South East of Church of St Lawrence - 0.24 km
• Church of St Lawrence - 0.25 km
• Milepost opposite junction with Bonet Lane - 0.77 km

Tinsley Today

Today Tinsley lies within the administrative area of Rotherham.

Read more about modern Tinsley on Wikipedia .

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

• Brinsworth - 1.4 km SE
• Kimberworth - 3.0 km N
• Rotherham - 3.6 km NE
• Attercliffe - 3.6 km SW
• Whiston - 4.0 km E
• Grimeshou - 4.0 km W