Westwick in the Domesday Book (1086)
The settlement of Westwick is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Burghshire in Yorkshire.
Other Settlements in Burghshire
- Addlethorpe
- Aismunderby
- Aldfield
- Allerton [Mauleverer]
- Arkendale
- Askwith
- Azerley
- Barrowby [Grange]
- Beckwith [House]
- Besthaim
- Bestham
- Bewerley
- Bilton
- Birstwith
The Meaning of the Name
The name Westwick is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word wīc, a dwelling, dairy farm or trading settlement, while the first element appears to represent the western. Taken together the name probably meant something close to ’the western specialised farm’.
Remarkably, the name has changed little since 1086, when the Domesday scribes wrote it as Westwick.
Listed Buildings Near Westwick
Historic England records 23 listed buildings within about a mile of Westwick. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.
Grade I
- Newby Hall - 0.97 km
- Stables Approximately 150 Metres North of Newby Hall - 1.08 km
Grade II
- Wheelhouse to West of West Garden Wall - 0.74 km
- Urn and Pedestal in Orchard Approximately 10 Metres West of West Kitchen Garden Wall - 0.78 km
- Walls on East and West Sides of Kitchen Gardens, With Linking Wall Between - 0.78 km
- Memorial of the Nidd Ferry Disater in Grounds to South of Newby Hall - 0.8 km
- Urn and Pedestal to South of West End of Statue Walk - 0.84 km
- Bench at West End of Statue Walk - 0.85 km
- Urn and Pedestal to North of West End of of Statue Walk - 0.87 km
- Statue Walk With 6 Statues, and 5 Sets of Steps With Flanking Balustrades - 0.87 km
- Four Urns and Pedestals on Vista South of Newby Hall - 0.9 km
- Urn and Pedestal to North of East End of Statue Walk - 0.92 km
- Balustrade, Two Sets of Steps and Stone Bench on South Side of Newby Hall - 0.94 km
- The Old Corn Mill With Attached Pigsty and Stable - 0.95 km
- Garden Ornament Approximately 30 Metres West of Newby Hall - 0.96 km
- Garden Ornament Approximately 10 Metres West of Hall - 0.96 km
- Two Lead Water Tanks on Terrace West of Newby Hall - 0.97 km
- Two Lead Urns on Terrace West of Newby Hall - 0.98 km
- Inner and Outer Pairs of Gate Piers, With Gates, Approximately 50 Metres East of Newby Hall - 0.99 km
- Equestrian Statue Approximately 150 Metres East of Newby Hall - 1.01 km
- The Old Barn to North East of Low Farmhouse - 1.04 km
- Watering Trough in Centre of Stable Yard at Newby Hall - 1.08 km
- Former Orangery and Gateway With Gate to Right Approximately 100 Metres North East of Stable Block at Newby Hall - 1.14 km
Westwick Today
Today Westwick lies within the administrative area of Harrogate, and the settlement recorded a population of 10 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 Westwick on Wikipedia .
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
- Eastwick - 1.0 km N
- Brampton Hall - 2.0 km E
- Bishop Monkton - 2.0 km W
- Skelton - 2.2 km NE
- Copgrove - 3.0 km S
- Hilton - 3.0 km S
Heritage Around Westwick
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.
© Lynne Glazzard · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© manonabike · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© John Salmon · 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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