West Harlsey in the Domesday Book (1086)

West Harlsey appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Allerton in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Allerton

• Ainderby [Steeple]
• Appleton [Wiske]
• Arncliffe [Hall]
• Birkby
• Borrowby
• Brompton
• Cowesby
• Crosby [Grange]
• Dale [Town]
• Deighton
• Ellerbeck
• Foxton
• Girsby
• Hawnby

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name West Harlsey 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 West Harlsey.

Listed Buildings Near West Harlsey

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

Grade II*

• Harsley Castle Farmhouse - 0.42 km
• Stables at Harsley Castle Farmhouse - 0.43 km

Scheduled Monuments Near West Harlsey

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

• Harlsey Castle - 0.45 km

West Harlsey Today

Today West Harlsey lies within the administrative area of Hambleton, and the settlement recorded a population of 32 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 West Harlsey on Wikipedia .

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

• East Harlsey - 1.4 km NE
• Morton Grange - 1.4 km NE
• Winton - 2.0 km S
• Foxton - 2.2 km SE
• Ellerbeck - 2.8 km SE
• Mount Grace - 3.0 km E