Wharram le Street in the Domesday Book (1086)
The settlement of Wharram le Street is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey 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 origin of the name Wharram le Street 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 Wharram le Street.
Listed Buildings Near Wharram le Street
Historic England records 2 listed buildings within about a mile of Wharram le Street. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.
Grade I
- Church of Saint Mary - 0.5 km
Grade II
Scheduled Monuments Near Wharram le Street
Scheduled monuments are nationally important archaeological sites given legal protection. 1 lies within roughly a mile of Wharram le Street:
- Wharram Percy deserted medieval village - 1.36 km
Wharram le Street Today
Today Wharram le Street lies within the administrative area of Wharram.
Read more about modern Wharram-le-Street on Wikipedia .
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
- Wharram Percy - 1.4 km SW
- Duggleby - 2.2 km NE
- North Grimston - 2.8 km NW
- Burdale - 3.2 km S
- Low Mowthorpe - 3.6 km NE
- Raisthorpe - 4.1 km S
Heritage Around Wharram [le Street]
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.
© Maigheach-gheal · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Maigheach-gheal · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Paul Harrop · 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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