Wildon Grange in the Domesday Book (1086)
The settlement of Wildon Grange is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Yarlestre in Yorkshire.
Other Settlements in Yarlestre
- Arden [Hall]
- Asenby
- Bagby
- Baxby
- Bergebi
- Berghebi
- Bernebi
- Boltby
- Breckenbrough
- Carlton [Husthwaite]
- Carlton [Miniott]
- Catton
- Coxwold
- Crakehill
The Meaning of the Name
The name Wildon Grange is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word dūn, a hill. The first element is most likely a personal name or an early descriptive term, now difficult to recover with certainty. Taken together the name probably meant something close to ‘a hill’.
Remarkably, the name has changed little since 1086, when the Domesday scribes wrote it as Wildon Grange.
Listed Buildings Near Wildon Grange
Historic England records 15 listed buildings within about a mile of Wildon Grange. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.
Grade II*
- Church of St Mary - 1.22 km
Grade II
- Weatherill Barn at Se 5210 7926 - 0.92 km
- Kilburn Hall - 1.0 km
- Barns Attached to Kilburn Hall on North - 1.01 km
- Stable Approximately 13 Metres to North-east of Mount Pleasant - 1.1 km
- Mount Pleasant - 1.1 km
- Former School - 1.14 km
- War Memorial Set in Wall Approximately 7 Metres to South of Churchyard South Gateway - 1.18 km
- Pump on Green at Se 5172 7964 - 1.18 km
- Mounting Block Approximately 6 Metres to South West of South Gate to Church of St Mary - 1.18 km
- Blacksmith’s Cottage and attached outbuilding - 1.2 km
- Temple House and Front Wall and Railings - 1.21 km
- Whitehorse View and the Old School - 1.22 km
- Robert Thompsons Craftsmen Ltd - 1.22 km
- Barn Approximately 30 Metres to North-west of Village Farm - 1.28 km
Wildon Grange Today
Today Wildon Grange lies within the administrative area of Hambleton, and the settlement recorded a population of 18 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 Wildon Grange on Wikipedia .
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
- Kilburn - 1.0 km N
- Coxwold - 2.2 km SE
- Carlton Husthwaite - 2.8 km SW
- Osgoodby Hall - 2.8 km NW
- Baxby - 3.0 km S
- Thirkleby - 4.0 km W
Heritage Around Wildon [Grange]
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.
© Colin Grice · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Colin Grice · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Gordon Hatton · 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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