Yarm in the Domesday Book (1086)
Yarm is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Allerton in Yorkshire.
Other Settlements in Allerton
- Ainderby [Steeple]
- Appleton [Wiske]
- Arncliffe [Hall]
- Birkby
- Borrowby
- Brompton
- Cowesby
- Crosby [Grange]
- Dale [Town]
- Deighton
- Ellerbeck
- Foxton
- Girsby
- Hawnby
The Meaning of the Name
The origin of the name Yarm 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 Yarm.
Listed Buildings Near Yarm
Historic England records 149 listed buildings within about a mile of Yarm. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.
Grade II
- 17, Bentley Wynd - 0.28 km
- Bentley House - 0.31 km
- Forecourt Wall and Gates to North of Number 2 - 0.32 km
- 54-58, West Street - 0.32 km
- South Lodge Gate Piers and Gates to the Friarage - 0.34 km
- Warehouse to Rear of Number 19 - 0.34 km
- Hope House - 0.36 km
- 13 and 15, High Street - 0.36 km
- 17, High Street - 0.36 km
- 1-4 Hauxwell’s Yard - 0.37 km
- 48 and 50, West Street - 0.37 km
- 17, West Street - 0.37 km
- 19, High Street - 0.37 km
- Roman Catholic church of St Mary and St Romuald - 0.37 km
- 23 and 25, High Street - 0.38 km
- 27 and 29, High Street - 0.38 km
- 31 and 33, High Street - 0.39 km
- 37 and 39, High Street - 0.39 km
- 35, High Street - 0.39 km
- 2-6, High Street - 0.4 km
- 10, High Church Wynd - 0.4 km
- 51 and 53, High Street - 0.41 km
- 2-10, Danby Wynd - 0.41 km
- 49, High Street - 0.41 km
…and 125 more listed structures in the area.
Scheduled Monuments Near Yarm
Scheduled monuments are nationally important archaeological sites given legal protection. 1 lies within roughly a mile of Yarm:
- Yarm Bridge - 0.7 km
Yarm Today
Today Yarm lies within the administrative area of Stockton-on-Tees, and the settlement recorded a population of 8,632 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 Yarm on Wikipedia .
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
- Barwick - 2.8 km NE
- Low Worsall - 2.8 km SW
- Ingleby Hill - 3.0 km E
- Kirk Leavington - 3.6 km SE
- High Worsall - 4.2 km SW
- Maltby - 5.1 km E
Heritage Around Yarm
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.
© Pauline E · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Mick Garratt · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Carol Rose · 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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