Worsborough in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Worsborough, entered under the hundred of Staincross in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Staincross

• Adlingfleet
• Barnby [Hall]
• Barnsley
• Barugh
• Brierley
• Carlton
• Cawthorne
• Chevet
• Clactone
• Clayton [West]
• Darton
• Dodworth
• Hemsworth
• Hoyland [Swaine]

The Meaning of the Name

The name Worsborough is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word burh, a fortified place. 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 stronghold’.

Remarkably, the name has changed little since 1086, when the Domesday scribes wrote it as Worsborough.

Listed Buildings Near Worsborough

Historic England records 27 listed buildings within about a mile of Worsborough. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade I

• Church of St Mary - 1.06 km

Grade II*

• Worsbrough Corn Mill - 0.67 km
• Darley Cliffe Hall Including Attached Front Garden Wall and Dwellings Known As Tudor House and Dower Cottage - 1.04 km

Grade II

• Church of Our Lady and St James - 0.22 km
• Lych gate to Church of Our Lady and St James - 0.22 km
• 1-4, Foundary Yard - 0.51 km
• The Mill Cottage - 0.65 km
• Bridge Approximately 60 Metres to North of Worsbrough Mill Museum - 0.66 km
• Worsbrough Hall Flats - 0.81 km
• Worsbrough Hall (Including Nos 4 and 5 Worsbrough Hall) - 0.83 km
• Colliery Explosion Monument Approximately 5 Metres to South of Porch to Church of St Thomas and St James - 0.9 km
• Church of St Thomas and St James - 0.92 km
• Milepost at South Side of Junction With Kingwell Road - 0.94 km
• Worsbrough Vicarage - 0.96 km
• 7 Worsbrough Village - 0.98 km
• 5 Worsbrough Village - 0.98 km
• Lower Lewden Farmhouse - 0.99 km
• Sundial Approximately 35 Metres to West of Darley Cliffe Hall - 1.02 km
• Barn to North East of Lower Lewden Farmhouse - 1.02 km
• Barn to East of Lower Lewden Farmhouse - 1.02 km
• Number 12 and the Old School - 1.03 km
• Barn to South East of Lower Lewden Farmhouse - 1.03 km
• The Gables (At Darley Cliff) - 1.09 km
• Barncroft (At Darley Cliff) - 1.09 km

…and 3 more listed structures in the area.

Worsborough Today

Today Worsborough lies within the administrative area of Barnsley.

Read more about modern Worsbrough Bridge on Wikipedia .

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

• Keresforth Hall - 2.2 km NW
• Barnsley - 3.2 km N
• Hoyland Nether - 3.2 km S
• Pilley - 3.6 km SW
• Toftes - 4.0 km E
• Wombwell - 4.0 km E