Brotton in the Domesday Book (1086)
Brotton is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Langbaurgh in Yorkshire.
Other Settlements in Langbaurgh
- Acklam
- Airy [Holme]
- Aislaby
- Arnodestorp
- Baldebi
- Barnaby
- Barwick
- Battersby
- Bergolbi
- Berguluesbi
- Blaten [Carr]
- Borrowby
- Breck
- Caldenesche
The Meaning of the Name
The name Brotton 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 Brotton.
Listed Buildings Near Brotton
Historic England records 9 listed buildings within about a mile of Brotton. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.
Grade II
- Tombstone, Circa 40 Metres South West of Cemetery Gates - 0.5 km
- Tombstone of Foster Family Circa 42 Metres South West of Cemetery Gates - 0.5 km
- Carlin How Barn, Stable Byre and Cart Shed Range, Circa 30 Metres South East of Craggs Hall Farmhouse - 0.53 km
- Brotton Hall - 0.67 km
- Boundary Wall, Railings, Gatepiers, Gates and Steps to Brotton House - 0.68 km
- Cottage Adjoining Left Side of Brotton Hall - 0.68 km
- Brotton House - 0.7 km
- Coach House and Cottage South West of Brotton House - 0.71 km
- Church of St Margaret of Antioch - 0.8 km
Brotton Today
Today Brotton lies within the administrative area of Skelton and Brotton, and the settlement recorded a population of 5,394 at recent figures. Nine and a half centuries separate that figure from the small rural community the Domesday survey recorded here in 1086.
Read more about modern Brotton on Wikipedia .
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
- Kilton - 1.4 km SE
- Kilton Thorpe - 2.0 km S
- Loftus - 2.2 km SE
- Little Moorsholm - 3.2 km S
- Roskelthorpe - 3.6 km SE
- South Loftus - 3.6 km SE
Heritage Around Brotton
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.
© Mick Garratt · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Mick Garratt · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Colin Smith · 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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