Waruelestorp in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Waruelestorp is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Bulford in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Bulford

• Aldwark
• Alne
• Barnby [House]
• Barton [le Willows]
• Beningbrough
• Bossall
• Brafferton
• Brandsby
• Bulmer
• Buttercrambe
• Carlton [Farm]
• Claxton
• Coneysthorpe
• Corburn

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Waruelestorp 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 Waruelestorp.

Listed Buildings Near Waruelestorp

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

Grade II

• Gill House - 0.41 km
• Green View - 0.48 km
• Alne Cottages - 0.48 km
• Gaythorpe Wandern - 0.49 km

Waruelestorp Today

Today Waruelestorp lies within the administrative area of North Yorkshire, and the settlement recorded a population of 991 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 Tollerton on Wikipedia .

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

• Tollerton - 1.0 km W
• Youlton - 2.2 km SW
• Alne - 2.2 km NW
• Kelsit Grange - 3.2 km E
• Tholthorpe - 4.5 km NW
• Linton upon Ouse - 4.5 km SW