Cattal in the Domesday Book (1086)
Cattal is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 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 origin of the name Cattal is not securely established from its modern form alone; like many settlement names in the North it likely combines an Old English or Old Norse personal name with a landscape term.
Remarkably, the name has changed little since 1086, when the Domesday scribes wrote it as Cattal.
Listed Buildings Near Cattal
Historic England records 10 listed buildings within about a mile of Cattal. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.
Grade II*
- Old Thornville - 0.22 km
Grade II
- Ha-ha to South of Old Thornville - 0.19 km
- Sundial and Pedestal in Garden to South of Old Thornville - 0.2 km
- Statue of Apollo in Garden to South of Old Thornville, Left - 0.22 km
- Statue of Diana in Garden to South of Old Thornville, Right - 0.22 km
- Gate Piers on North Side of Old Thornville - 0.24 km
- Horbatt House - 0.58 km
- Manor House and Former Smithy - 0.89 km
- Cattal Bridge Carrying Tadcaster Road Over River Nidd - 0.95 km
- Keepers Cottage - 1.26 km
Scheduled Monuments Near Cattal
Scheduled monuments are nationally important archaeological sites given legal protection. 1 lies within roughly a mile of Cattal:
- Cattal Bridge - 0.95 km
Cattal Today
Today Cattal lies within the administrative area of Harrogate, and the settlement recorded a population of 119 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 Cattal on Wikipedia .
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
- Old Thornville Hall - 0.0 km N
- Kirk Hammerton - 1.4 km NE
- Tockwith - 2.2 km SE
- Wilstrop Hall - 3.0 km E
- Green Hammerton - 3.0 km N
- Hunsingore - 3.2 km W
Heritage Around Cattal
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.
© Toby Speight · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Martyn Gorman · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Gordon Hatton · 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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