Easton appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Hunthow in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Easton at 4.3 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Easton supported a recorded population of 1 villager, 14 smallholders, 35 freemanmen, working 8 ploughs between them.

By 1086 Easton was worth 5.3 shillings, up from 2.45 shillings before the Conquest – one of the few settlements in the area to hold its value through the upheaval.

The survey lists 13 manors at Easton under different lords. Splitting a single settlement between multiple tenants was common across the North – Saxon estates broken up and handed to William’s followers after 1066.

Resources Recorded at Easton (1086)

Churches: 1
Cattle: 7
Pigs: 12
Sheep: 17
Horses (cobs): 1
Meadow: 1 acres

Other Settlements in Hunthow

The Meaning of the Name

The name Easton is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word tūn, a farmstead or village, while the first element appears to represent the eastern. Taken together the name probably meant something close to ’the eastern farmstead’.

Remarkably, the name has changed little since 1086, when the Domesday scribes wrote it as Easton.

Easton Today

Today Easton lies within the administrative area of Boynton.

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

Boynton - 2.2 km SW
Boynton Hall - 2.2 km SW
Bridlington - 2.2 km SE
Bessingby - 3.0 km S
Carnaby - 3.2 km S
Grindale - 3.6 km NW

Heritage Around Easton

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Easton in the Domesday Book (1086)