Westerby in the Domesday Book (1086)
Westerby appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Agbrigg in Yorkshire.
Other Settlements in Agbrigg
- Ackton
- Almondbury
- Austonley
- Bradley
- Cartworth
- Crigglestone
- Crofton
- Dalton
- Emley
- Farnley [Tyas]
- Flockton
- Fulstone
- Golcar
- Hepworth
The Meaning of the Name
The name Westerby is of Scandinavian origin. Its final element derives from the Old Norse word bý, a farmstead or village, while the first element appears to represent the western. Taken together the name probably meant something close to ’the western farmstead’.
Names of this type are a fingerprint of Scandinavian settlement: they cluster across the old Danelaw, where Norse-speaking settlers renamed or founded villages from the late 9th century onward.
Remarkably, the name has changed little since 1086, when the Domesday scribes wrote it as Westerby.
Listed Buildings Near Westerby
Historic England records 1 listed building within about a mile of Westerby. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.
Grade II
Scheduled Monuments Near Westerby
Scheduled monuments are nationally important archaeological sites given legal protection. 2 lie within roughly a mile of Westerby:
- Henge on Birkwood Common - 1.02 km
- Newland Preceptory - 1.46 km
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
Heritage Around Westerby
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.
© Betty Longbottom · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Martyn Pattison · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Rich Tea · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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.
Data derived from the Open Domesday project (opendomesday.org), based on the Domesday Book dataset compiled by Professor J.J.N. Palmer and team. The Domesday Book (1086) is in the public domain.
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