Auburn in the Domesday Book (1086)

Auburn appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Hunthow in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Hunthow

• Bempton
• Bessingby
• Boynton
• Boynton [Hall]
• Bridlington
• Buckton
• Easton
• Flamborough
• Flixton
• Foxholes
• Fraisthorpe
• Grindale
• Hilderthorpe
• Marton

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Auburn 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 Auburn.

Listed Buildings Near Auburn

Historic England records 5 listed buildings within about a mile of Auburn. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II

• First World War pillbox (BA30a), south of Auburn Farm - 0.73 km
• First World War pillbox (BA30b), south of Auburn Farm - 0.73 km
• First World War pillbox (BA19), south east of Auburn Farm - 0.79 km
• First World War pillbox (BA10) east of Auburn Farm - 0.8 km
• First World War pillbox (BA22), south west of Auburn Farm - 0.9 km

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

• Wilsthorpe - 2.0 km N
• Fraisthorpe - 2.2 km SW
• Hilderthorpe - 3.0 km N
• Winkton - 3.6 km SW
• Bessingby - 3.6 km NW
• Carnaby - 4.2 km NW