Catterall in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Catterall is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Amounderness in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Amounderness

• Aighton
• Aldcliffe
• Aldingham
• Arkholme
• Aschebi
• Ashton [Hall]
• Ashton [on Ribble]
• Austwick
• Barbon
• Bardsea
• Bare
• Barnoldswick
• Barton
• Beetham

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Catterall 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 Catterall.

Listed Buildings Near Catterall

Historic England records 9 listed buildings within about a mile of Catterall. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II

• Medieval Cross Base - 0.27 km
• Cross Base in Front Garden of No.24 - 0.34 km
• Cross - 0.42 km
• Westfield Farmhouse - 0.43 km
• Milestone - 0.48 km
• Brockholes Arms - 0.56 km
• Cross Base - 0.71 km
• Calder Bridge - 0.89 km
• Milestone - 1.3 km

Catterall Today

Today Catterall lies within the administrative area of Claughton, and the settlement recorded a population of 2,280 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 Catterall on Wikipedia .

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

• Garstang - 3.0 km N
• Aschebi - 3.2 km W
• St Michael’s on Wyre - 3.2 km W
• Claughton - 4.0 km E
• Sowerby Hall - 4.5 km SW
• Barton - 5.4 km S