Clifton on Ure in the Domesday Book (1086)
The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Clifton on Ure, 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 Clifton on Ure 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 Clifton on Ure.
Listed Buildings Near Clifton on Ure
Historic England records 9 listed buildings within about a mile of Clifton on Ure. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.
Grade II*
- Clifton Castle - 0.34 km
Grade II
- Dovecote and Storage Range Approximately 150 Metres to North West of Clifton Castle - 0.17 km
- Granary and Cartshed Approximately 100 Metres to North West of Clifton Castle - 0.21 km
- Stables Approximately 70 Metres to North-north-west of Clifton Castle - 0.23 km
- Castle Wall Attached to North Corner of Clifton Castle - 0.27 km
- Grange Farm - 0.55 km
- East Lodge (Approximately 600 Metres to East of Clifton Castle) - 0.81 km
- Gatepiers, Gates and Railings at East Lodge - 0.82 km
- Halfpenny House - 0.88 km
Clifton on Ure Today
Today Clifton on Ure lies within the administrative area of North Yorkshire, and the settlement recorded a population of 39 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 Clifton-on-Yore on Wikipedia .
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
- Thirn - 1.0 km N
- High and Low Ellington - 1.4 km SW
- Swarthorpe - 1.4 km SW
- Thornton Watlass - 2.2 km NE
- High Sutton - 2.2 km SW
- Rookwith - 2.2 km NW
Heritage Around Clifton [on Ure]
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.
© Maigheach-gheal · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© David Rogers · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Maigheach-gheal · 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.
Location
54.2555°N, -1.6699°W · Land of Count Alan hundred, Yorkshire
View larger map on OpenStreetMap →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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