Burton Leonard in the Domesday Book (1086)
Burton Leonard appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Burghshire in Yorkshire.
Other Settlements in Burghshire
- Addlethorpe
- Aismunderby
- Aldfield
- Allerton [Mauleverer]
- Arkendale
- Askwith
- Azerley
- Barrowby [Grange]
- Beckwith [House]
- Besthaim
- Bestham
- Bewerley
- Bilton
- Birstwith
The Meaning of the Name
The name Burton Leonard 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 Burton Leonard.
Listed Buildings Near Burton Leonard
Historic England records 8 listed buildings within about a mile of Burton Leonard. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.
Grade II
- Oakley House - 0.29 km
- Hill Top Farm Barn - 0.35 km
- Drinking Fountain Against North-west Corner of Churchyard Wall - 0.43 km
- Church of St Leonard - 0.45 km
- Stable and Outbuildings Range Approximately 10 Metres South West of Burton Hall Farmhouse - 0.47 km
- Garden Wall Attached to South Front of Burton Hall Farmhouse - 0.47 km
- Burton Hall Farmhouse - 0.49 km
- Old Hall - 0.49 km
Burton Leonard Today
Today Burton Leonard lies within the administrative area of Harrogate, and the settlement recorded a population of 694 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 Burton Leonard on Wikipedia .
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
- Copgrove - 2.0 km E
- Hilton - 2.0 km E
- South Stainley - 2.0 km W
- Brearton - 2.0 km S
- Susacres - 2.8 km SW
- Walkingham Hill - 2.8 km SE
Heritage Around Burton [Leonard]
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.
© DS Pugh · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© John Salmon · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© John Salmon · 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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