Deighton in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Deighton, entered under the hundred of Allerton in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Allerton

• Ainderby [Steeple]
• Appleton [Wiske]
• Arncliffe [Hall]
• Birkby
• Borrowby
• Brompton
• Cowesby
• Crosby [Grange]
• Dale [Town]
• Ellerbeck
• Foxton
• Girsby
• Hawnby
• Hornby

The Meaning of the Name

The name Deighton 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 Deighton.

Listed Buildings Near Deighton

Historic England records 2 listed buildings within about a mile of Deighton. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II

• Tombstone 1 Metre to South of South Porch of Church of All Saints - 0.55 km
• Church of All Saints - 0.56 km

Scheduled Monuments Near Deighton

Scheduled monuments are nationally important archaeological sites given legal protection. 1 lies within roughly a mile of Deighton:

• Deighton moated site - 0.68 km

Deighton Today

Today Deighton lies within the administrative area of England.

Read more about modern Deighton on Wikipedia .

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

• Welbury - 1.4 km NE
• Appleton Wiske - 3.0 km N
• Middleton - 3.0 km N
• Irby Manor - 3.6 km NE
• West Rounton - 3.6 km NE
• West Harlsey - 4.2 km SE