Chevet in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Chevet, entered under the hundred of Staincross in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Staincross

• Adlingfleet
• Barnby [Hall]
• Barnsley
• Barugh
• Brierley
• Carlton
• Cawthorne
• Clactone
• Clayton [West]
• Darton
• Dodworth
• Hemsworth
• Hoyland [Swaine]
• Hunshelf [Hall]

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Chevet 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 Chevet.

Listed Buildings Near Chevet

Historic England records 6 listed buildings within about a mile of Chevet. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II

• Chevet Gates Lodge - 0.51 km
• Gates, Gate Piers and Flanking Walls at Chevet Gates - 0.52 km
• Chevet Grange Farm, including the north-west and north-east courtyard ranges, farmhouse, and former labourers’ cottages - 0.89 km
• The Boat House - 1.09 km
• Walton Common Farmhouse - 1.14 km
• 23, Hill Top - 1.23 km

Chevet Today

Today Chevet lies within the administrative area of Wakefield, and the settlement recorded a population of 71 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 Chevet on Wikipedia .

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

• Walton - 2.2 km NE
• Notton - 2.2 km SE
• Sandal Magna - 3.0 km N
• Cold Hiendley - 3.2 km E
• Crigglestone - 3.2 km W
• Sactun - 3.6 km SW