Ackton in the Domesday Book (1086)
Ackton is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Agbrigg in Yorkshire.
Other Settlements in Agbrigg
- Almondbury
- Austonley
- Bradley
- Cartworth
- Crigglestone
- Crofton
- Dalton
- Emley
- Farnley [Tyas]
- Flockton
- Fulstone
- Golcar
- Hepworth
- Holme
The Meaning of the Name
The name Ackton is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word tūn, a farmstead or village, while the first element appears to represent oak (OE āc). Taken together the name probably meant something close to ’the oak farmstead’.
Remarkably, the name has changed little since 1086, when the Domesday scribes wrote it as Ackton.
Listed Buildings Near Ackton
Historic England records 8 listed buildings within about a mile of Ackton. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.
Grade II*
- Church of All Saints - 0.85 km
Grade II
- Jenkinson Monument 17 Metres South West of Porch of Church of All Saints - 0.82 km
- Fleeming and Collitt Monuments 2.5 Metres South West of Porch of Church of All Saints - 0.83 km
- Cross Shaft 7.5 Metres South West of Porch of Church of All Saints - 0.83 km
- Cawthorn Monument 5 Metres West of Porch of Church of All Saints - 0.84 km
- Rhoads Monument 2 Metres South East of Porch of Church of All Saints - 0.84 km
- Fether Monument 7 Metres South East of Porch of Church of All Saints - 0.84 km
- Potter Monument 3 Metres South of First Bay of Chapel of Church of All Saints - 0.85 km
Ackton Today
Today Ackton lies within the administrative area of Featherstone.
Read more about modern Ackton on Wikipedia .
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
- Snydale - 1.0 km W
- Featherstone - 1.4 km NE
- Whitwood - 2.2 km NW
- Purston Jaglin - 2.2 km SE
- West Hardwick - 3.0 km S
- Normanton - 3.2 km W
Heritage Around Ackton
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.
© Bill Henderson · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Bill Henderson · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Stanley Walker · 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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