Clayton West in the Domesday Book (1086)
Clayton West is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Staincross in Yorkshire.
Other Settlements in Staincross
- Adlingfleet
- Barnby [Hall]
- Barnsley
- Barugh
- Brierley
- Carlton
- Cawthorne
- Chevet
- Clactone
- Darton
- Dodworth
- Hemsworth
- Hoyland [Swaine]
- Hunshelf [Hall]
The Meaning of the Name
The name Clayton West 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 Clayton West.
Listed Buildings Near Clayton West
Historic England records 15 listed buildings within about a mile of Clayton West. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.
Grade II
- Bilham Grange Farmhouse - 0.39 km
- Winter Hill Farmhouse - 0.51 km
- Bilham Lodge - 0.53 km
- 21 and 23, Bilham Road - 0.65 km
- Field Barn Approximately 120 Metres West of Farmhouse at Hall Farm - 0.7 km
- Clayton West Baptist Chapel and Sunday School - 0.79 km
- Hoyland Hall - 0.79 km
- Raised Grave Slab (Cawthrey) Approximately 5 Metres South East of South Porch of Church of All Hallows - 0.87 km
- Raised Grave Slab (Ellis) Approximately 10 Metres South of South Porch of Church of All Hallows - 0.87 km
- Raised Grave Slab (Knight) Approximately 5 Metres South of Nave of Church of All Hallows - 0.88 km
- Church of All Saints - 0.88 km
- Church of All Hallows - 0.88 km
- Two Tomb Chests (Moreton, Croft) Approximately 5 Metres South East of Chancel Porch of Church of All Hallows - 0.89 km
- Raised Grave Slab (Copley) Approximately 10 Metres South of East End of Chancel of Church of All Hallows - 0.89 km
- Milepost at Juntion With Park Road - 1.28 km
Clayton West Today
Today Clayton West lies within the administrative area of Denby Dale, and the settlement recorded a population of 4,386 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 Clayton West on Wikipedia .
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
- High Hoyland - 1.0 km E
- Skelmanthorpe - 3.0 km W
- Kexbrough - 3.2 km E
- Barnby Hall - 3.6 km SE
- West Bretton - 3.6 km NE
- Emley - 3.6 km NW
Heritage Around Clayton [West]
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.
© Nigel Homer · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Jim Thornton · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Humphrey Bolton · 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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