Carlton in the Domesday Book (1086)

Carlton 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 Carlton 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 Carlton.

Listed Buildings Near Carlton

Historic England records 33 listed buildings within about a mile of Carlton. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II

• Seaton House - 0.19 km
• Crag View - 0.2 km
• Foresters Arms Inn - 0.23 km
• The Hermitage, House, Attached Outbuilding and Railings - 0.26 km
• The Mount, House and Outbuildings - 0.26 km
• Old Hall - 0.27 km
• Old Building Abutting North-east Corner of Old Hall - 0.27 km
• Old Hall Byre - 0.29 km
• Flatts Cottage - 0.29 km
• Flatts Farmhouse, Garden Walls and Railings - 0.3 km
• Coverley Farmhouse, Dale View and Railings - 0.31 km
• Prospect House - 0.32 km
• Appletree Cottage - 0.35 km
• Elm Tree Cottage and Elm Tree House and Railings - 0.38 km
• Town Head House - 0.39 km
• House to West of Clovelley Dene - 0.42 km
• Clovelley Dene - 0.43 km
• Ghyll Farmhouse - 0.45 km
• Pear Tree House - 0.51 km
• Town Foot Farmhouse - 0.76 km
• Chapman’s Cottage - 1.0 km
• Culverham Farmhouse - 1.02 km
• Wall With Bee-holes Approximately 40 Metres to West of Hill Top Farmhouse (At Ngr 0722 8364) - 1.02 km
• Crag View - 1.08 km

…and 9 more listed structures in the area.

Carlton Today

Today Carlton lies within the administrative area of Carlton Town, and the settlement recorded a population of 232 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 Carlton on Wikipedia .

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

• Melmerby - 1.4 km NE
• West Scrafton - 1.4 km SE
• Agglethorpe - 2.8 km NE
• Caldbergh - 3.2 km E
• West Witton - 4.0 km N
• Coverham - 4.5 km NE