Bolton upon Swale in the Domesday Book (1086)
Bolton upon Swale appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Land of Count Alan in Yorkshire.
Other Settlements in Land of Count Alan
- Achebi
- Agglethorpe
- Ainderby [Mires]
- Ainderby [Quernhow]
- Aiskew
- Aldbrough
- Allerthorpe [Hall]
- Ascam
- Ascham
- Asebi
- Aske [Hall]
- Askrigg
- Aysgarth
- Baldersby
The Meaning of the Name
The name Bolton upon Swale is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word tūn, a farmstead or village. The first element is most likely a personal name or an early descriptive term, now difficult to recover with certainty. Taken together the name probably meant something close to ‘a farmstead’.
Remarkably, the name has changed little since 1086, when the Domesday scribes wrote it as Bolton upon Swale.
Listed Buildings Near Bolton upon Swale
Historic England records 23 listed buildings within about a mile of Bolton upon Swale. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.
Grade II*
- Bolton Old Hall - 0.44 km
- Church of St Mary - 0.48 km
Grade II
- Jenkins Obelisk Approximately Ten Metres West of Church of Saint Mary - 0.49 km
- Pump - 0.54 km
- Clara Manor - 0.75 km
- Tees Croft - 0.76 km
- Manor House - 0.77 km
- Old Rectory - 0.79 km
- St Clare’s Building at St John of God Hospital - 0.85 km
- Gate Piers Approximately 10 Metres South of Door to Swale View - 0.86 km
- The Lodge - 0.87 km
- Rose Cottage and Railings - 0.87 km
- Royal Hotel - 0.88 km
- Swale View - 0.88 km
- Greencroft - 0.88 km
- Gate Piers Approximately 15 Metres South of School House - 0.88 km
- Holly House - 0.88 km
- Gate Piers Approximately Three Metres South of South West Corner of School House - 0.89 km
- School House - 0.89 km
- Mill House - 0.9 km
- Virginia House - 0.92 km
- Rose Villa - 0.93 km
- Grammar School - 0.93 km
Bolton upon Swale Today
Today Bolton upon Swale lies within the administrative area of Richmondshire, and the settlement recorded a population of 67 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 Bolton-on-Swale on Wikipedia .
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
- Neutone - 1.0 km N
- Scorton - 1.0 km N
- Ellerton on Swale - 2.0 km S
- Catterick - 2.2 km SW
- Killerby Hall - 3.0 km S
- Kiplin - 3.6 km SE
Heritage Around Bolton [upon Swale]
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.
© Gordon Hatton · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© DS Pugh · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Bill Henderson · 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.
Location
54.3902°N, -1.6073°W · Land of Count Alan hundred, Yorkshire
View larger map on OpenStreetMap →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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