Wighill Park in the Domesday Book (1086)
The settlement of Wighill Park is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Ainsty in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Wighill Park at 6 carucates of taxable land.
At the time of the survey, Wighill Park supported a recorded population of 10 villagers, 5 smallholders, working 3 ploughs between them.
By 1086 Wighill Park was worth 8 shillings, up from 5 shillings before the Conquest – a sign this community came through the Conquest without being ruined.
Other Settlements in Ainsty
- Acaster [Malbis]
- Acaster [Selby]
- Acomb
- Appleton [Roebuck]
- Askham [Bryan]
- Askham [Richard]
- Bickerton
- Bilbrough
- Bilton
- Bishopthorpe
- Bithen
- Bolton [Percy]
- Catterton
- Colton
The Meaning of the Name
The origin of the name Wighill Park 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 Wighill Park.
Listed Buildings Near Wighill Park
Historic England records 1 listed building within about a mile of Wighill Park. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.
Grade I
- Syningthwaite Priory Farmhouse - 0.5 km
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
Heritage Around Wighill Park
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.
© Sean Diver · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Gordon Hatton · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© DAVID JOHN SHERLOCK · 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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