Wibsey in the Domesday Book (1086)
The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Wibsey, entered under the hundred of Morley in Yorkshire.
Other Settlements in Morley
- Allerton
- Armley
- Batley
- Beeston
- Bolton
- Bowling
- Bradford
- Bramley
- Calverley
- Carlton
- Chellow [Grange]
- Clayton
- Clifton
- Cruttonstall
The Meaning of the Name
The origin of the name Wibsey 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 Wibsey.
Listed Buildings Near Wibsey
Historic England records 92 listed buildings within about a mile of Wibsey. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.
Grade II
- 3 and 5, Carr Bottom Fold - 0.11 km
- Church of St Matthew - 0.17 km
- 12, Wibsey Bank Bd6 - 0.27 km
- 18-26, Wibsey Bank Bd6 - 0.3 km
- 3-13 Rooley Lane Bd5 - 0.32 km
- The former Hare and Hounds Public House - 0.33 km
- 15-23, Rooley Lane Bd5 - 0.34 km
- 76-82, Wibsey Bank Bd6 - 0.38 km
- 6 and 8, Holroyd Hill - 0.4 km
- 4, Holroyd Hill - 0.4 km
- 10-18, Holroyd Hill - 0.4 km
- 84, Wibsey Bank Bd6 - 0.4 km
- 32-44, Holroyd Hill - 0.41 km
- 26 and 28, Holroyd Hill - 0.41 km
- 46, Holroyd Hill - 0.42 km
- 58, 60 and 62, Holroyd Hill - 0.43 km
- 1-11, Holroyd Hill - 0.44 km
- 41 to 51 Warburton Place - 0.46 km
- 27-69, White Lane Bd6 - 0.46 km
- Henderson Place - 0.47 km
- 33, 35 and 37 Warburton Place - 0.47 km
- 57-69 and 69A Holroyd Hill - 0.47 km
- 39 Warburton Place and adjoinng outhouse/barn - 0.48 km
- White Lane Top - 0.49 km
…and 68 more listed structures in the area.
Wibsey Today
Today Wibsey lies within the administrative area of Bradford, and the settlement recorded a population of 14,671 at recent figures. Nine and a half centuries separate that figure from the small rural community the Domesday survey recorded here in 1086.
Read more about modern Wibsey on Wikipedia .
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
Heritage Around Wibsey
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.
© David Spencer · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© David Spencer · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Mick Melvin · 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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