West Lilling in the Domesday Book (1086)

West Lilling appears in the Domesday Book 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 West Lilling 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 Lilling.

Listed Buildings Near West Lilling

Historic England records 1 listed building within about a mile of West Lilling. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II*

• Sheriff Hutton Castle - 0.96 km

Scheduled Monuments Near West Lilling

Scheduled monuments are nationally important archaeological sites given legal protection. 2 lie within roughly a mile of West Lilling:

• Sheriff Hutton quadrangular castle and early garden earthworks - 0.76 km
• Ringwork and bailey immediately south of St Helen and Holy Cross Church - 1.33 km

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

• Sheriff Hutton - 1.4 km NE
• East Lilling - 2.2 km SE
• Cornbrough House - 2.2 km NW
• Fornetorp - 2.2 km NW
• Stittenham - 3.6 km NE
• Farlington - 3.6 km NW