It is on the A6055 road and 1 mile south-west of Boroughbridge. Minskip appears in the Domesday Book as Minescip, a name derived from the Old English gemaenscipe meaning a community or communal holding.
Minskip is situated on the A6055 road and 1 mile southwest of Boroughbridge. It appears in the Domesday Book as Minescip, a term derived from the Old English concept of a shared community or collective land ownership.