Weel is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Holderness [Middle Hundred] in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Holderness [Middle Hundred]

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Weel 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 Weel.

Listed Buildings Near Weel

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

Grade II

Chapel Farmhouse - 0.23 km
Bridge and aqueduct, carrying Beverley Beck over the Barmston Drain - 0.97 km

Weel Today

Today Weel lies within the administrative area of Tickton.

Read more about modern Weel on Wikipedia .

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

Tickton - 2.0 km N
Beverley - 3.0 km W
Meaux - 3.2 km E
Storkhill - 3.6 km NW
Eske - 4.0 km N
Molescroft - 4.1 km W

Heritage Around Weel

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.

Images © their respective photographers, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 and reused here with attribution. Photographs depict listed buildings, churches and monuments near this settlement and may show neighbouring villages.

Weel in the Domesday Book (1086)