Easington in the Domesday Book (1086)
Easington is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Craven in Yorkshire.
Other Settlements in Craven
- Addingham
- Airton
- Anley
- Appletreewick
- Arncliffe
- Arnford
- Barnoldswick
- Bashall [Eaves]
- Battersby [Barn]
- Beamsley
- Birkby [Hall]
- Bogeuurde
- Bolton [Abbey]
- Bolton [by Bowland]
The Meaning of the Name
The name Easington 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 Easington.
Listed Buildings Near Easington
Historic England records 19 listed buildings within about a mile of Easington. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.
Grade II*
- Newton Hall - 0.83 km
Grade II
- Hydes Farmhouse - 0.76 km
- Newton Bridge - 0.78 km
- Barn South West of Hydes Farmhouse - 0.78 km
- The Old School - 0.8 km
- Schoolhouse Cottage - 0.8 km
- Lowlands Farmhouse and Barns Adjoining to North and South - 0.82 km
- Wall, Gatepiers and Gates South of Newton Hall - 0.82 km
- Parkers’s Arms - 0.85 km
- Sunnyside - 0.86 km
- Lowlands Cottage Newton House - 0.87 km
- East View - 0.89 km
- The Old Reading Room - 0.9 km
- Crag House - 0.9 km
- Gatepiers South East of Salisbury Hall - 0.91 km
- Salisbury Hall - 0.93 km
- Friends’ Meeting House and Cottage Adjoining to South West - 1.08 km
- Long Stripes Farmhouse - 1.11 km
- Smelthwaites Farmhouse - 1.17 km
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
- Bogeuurde - 0.0 km N
- Newton - 1.0 km W
- Battersby Barn - 2.0 km N
- Slaidburn - 2.2 km NE
- Hammerton Hall - 3.2 km N
- Radholme Laund - 6.4 km SW
Heritage Around Easington
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.
© Alexander P Kapp · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Alexander P Kapp · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Charles Rawding · 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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