Castle Bolton in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Castle Bolton is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey 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 Castle Bolton 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 Castle Bolton.

Listed Buildings Near Castle Bolton

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

Grade I

• Bolton Castle - 0.43 km

Grade II*

• Church of St Oswald - 0.46 km

Grade II

• K6 Telephone Kiosk Opposite Rose Cottage - 0.4 km
• Crayke House - 0.42 km
• The Swan - 0.75 km
• Manor House - 0.95 km
• Priory House - 0.98 km
• Lightfoot Hall and Lightfoot House - 1.01 km
• Old Elm House - 1.06 km
• Hogra Farmhouse and Calf House - 1.08 km
• Pump - 1.09 km
• Pyra House - 1.15 km

Scheduled Monuments Near Castle Bolton

Scheduled monuments are nationally important archaeological sites given legal protection. 1 lies within roughly a mile of Castle Bolton:

• Bolton Castle - 0.43 km

Castle Bolton Today

Today Castle Bolton lies within the administrative area of Castle Bolton with East and West Bolton.

Read more about modern Castle Bolton on Wikipedia .

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

• Redmire - 1.0 km E
• High and Low Thoresby - 1.0 km S
• West Bolton - 1.4 km SW
• Preston under Scar - 3.0 km E
• Carperby - 3.6 km SW
• Aysgarth - 4.2 km SW