Wilsill in the Domesday Book (1086)

Wilsill is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Burghshire in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Burghshire

• Addlethorpe
• Aismunderby
• Aldfield
• Allerton [Mauleverer]
• Arkendale
• Askwith
• Azerley
• Barrowby [Grange]
• Beckwith [House]
• Besthaim
• Bestham
• Bewerley
• Bilton
• Birstwith

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Wilsill 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 Wilsill.

Listed Buildings Near Wilsill

Historic England records 11 listed buildings within about a mile of Wilsill. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II

• Holly Laithe - 0.28 km
• Kiln House - 0.29 km
• Manor House - 0.35 km
• Ivy Cottage and Dalestone - 0.36 km
• Barns at Manor House - 0.36 km
• Bridge House - 0.46 km
• Byrill Farmhouse - 0.49 km
• Harewell Hall - 0.55 km
• Smelthouses Bridge - 0.64 km
• Knox Hall - 0.73 km
• Mile Post Approximately 20 Metres to North of Cliff Top House - 0.94 km

Wilsill Today

Today Wilsill lies within the administrative area of High and Low Bishopside.

Read more about modern Wilsill on Wikipedia .

Nearby Domesday Settlements

Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:

• Bewerley - 3.0 km W
• Dacre - 4.1 km S
• Brimham Hall - 4.5 km SE
• Eavestone - 5.6 km NE
• Heathfield - 5.8 km NW
• Knaresford - 5.8 km NE