Welham in the Domesday Book (1086)

Welham appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Scard in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Scard

• Birdsall
• Buckton [Holms]
• Burdale
• Duggleby
• Kennythorpe
• Langton
• Linton
• Norton
• Rillington
• Scagglethorpe
• Scampston
• Settrington
• Sutton [Grange]
• Thorpe [Bassett]

The Meaning of the Name

The name Welham is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word hām, a homestead or village, while the first element appears to represent a spring. Taken together the name probably meant something close to ’the a spring homestead’.

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

Listed Buildings Near Welham

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

Grade II

• Whitewall Cottages and Attached Stable Building - 0.72 km
• Whitewall House and Attached Outbuilding - 0.74 km

Welham Today

Today Welham lies within the administrative area of Norton-on-Derwent.

Read more about modern Welham on Wikipedia .

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

• Sutton Grange - 1.4 km NE
• Thornthorpe - 2.0 km S
• Norton - 2.2 km NE
• Langton - 2.2 km SE
• Low Hutton - 2.8 km SW
• Menethorpe - 2.8 km SW