Wharram Percy in the Domesday Book (1086)
The settlement of Wharram Percy is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Acklam in Yorkshire.
Other Settlements in Acklam
- Acklam
- Barthorpe [Grange]
- Bugthorpe
- Burythorpe
- Eddlethorpe
- Firby
- Fridaythorpe
- Garrowby [Hall]
- Howsham
- Kirby [Underdale]
- Kirkham
- Leavening
- Leppington
- Menethorpe
The Meaning of the Name
The origin of the name Wharram Percy 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 Percy.
Listed Buildings Near Wharram Percy
Historic England records 1 listed building within about a mile of Wharram Percy. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.
Grade II*
- Church of Saint Martin - 0.34 km
Scheduled Monuments Near Wharram Percy
Scheduled monuments are nationally important archaeological sites given legal protection. 2 lie within roughly a mile of Wharram Percy:
- Wharram Percy deserted medieval village - 0.22 km
- Round barrows on Wharram Percy Wold - 1.46 km
Wharram Percy Today
Today Wharram Percy lies within the administrative area of Ryedale, and the settlement recorded a population of 125 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 Wharram on Wikipedia .
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
- Wharram le Street - 1.4 km NE
- Burdale - 2.8 km SE
- Raisthorpe - 3.0 km S
- Thixendale - 3.2 km S
- North Grimston - 3.2 km N
- Duggleby - 3.6 km NE
Heritage Around Wharram [Percy]
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
© Alan Walker · 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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