Flaxton in the Domesday Book (1086)

Flaxton is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Bulford in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Bulford

• Aldwark
• Alne
• Barnby [House]
• Barton [le Willows]
• Beningbrough
• Bossall
• Brafferton
• Brandsby
• Bulmer
• Buttercrambe
• Carlton [Farm]
• Claxton
• Coneysthorpe
• Corburn

The Meaning of the Name

The name Flaxton 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 Flaxton.

Listed Buildings Near Flaxton

Historic England records 7 listed buildings within about a mile of Flaxton. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II

• Flaxton House - 0.24 km
• Village Farmhouse - 0.28 km
• Westfield - 0.29 km
• Greenside - 0.33 km
• Elm Tree Farmhouse - 0.36 km
• Flaxton Old School - 0.43 km
• Gennell Farmhouse - 0.93 km

Flaxton Today

Today Flaxton lies within the administrative area of Ryedale, and the settlement recorded a population of 316 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 Flaxton on Wikipedia .

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

• East Lilling - 2.2 km NW
• Claxton - 2.8 km SE
• Harton - 3.2 km E
• Thornton le Clay - 3.2 km N
• Sandburn House - 3.2 km S
• Foston - 3.6 km NE