Barbon in the Domesday Book (1086)

Barbon appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Amounderness in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Amounderness

• Aighton
• Aldcliffe
• Aldingham
• Arkholme
• Aschebi
• Ashton [Hall]
• Ashton [on Ribble]
• Austwick
• Bardsea
• Bare
• Barnoldswick
• Barton
• Beetham
• Bispham

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Barbon 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 Barbon.

Listed Buildings Near Barbon

Historic England records 12 listed buildings within about a mile of Barbon. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II*

• Church of St Bartholomew - 0.54 km
• Beckside House - 0.92 km

Grade II

• High Bank House - 0.3 km
• Kennels to South-west of Barbon Manor - 0.32 km
• Barbon Manor - 0.49 km
• Stocks Garth and Attached Barn - 0.75 km
• Beckgate Head Attached Barn and Gategarth - 0.79 km
• Beckgate Bridge - 0.85 km
• Low Bank House and Attached Barn - 0.88 km
• Dunroamin and Boxtree Cottage - 1.06 km
• Stables House and Garden Wall Immediately to North East of Whelprigg - 1.14 km
• Whelprigg - 1.21 km

Scheduled Monuments Near Barbon

Scheduled monuments are nationally important archaeological sites given legal protection. 3 lie within roughly a mile of Barbon:

• Gawklands Romano-British farmstead 200m east of Yewtree - 1.07 km
• Howerigg settlement - 1.23 km
• Hodge Bridge - 1.32 km

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

• Casterton - 3.2 km S
• Kirkby Lonsdale - 3.6 km SW
• Mansergh - 4.0 km W
• Middleton Hall - 5.1 km N
• Thirnby Wood - 5.4 km S
• Lower Leck - 6.1 km S