Garton on the Wolds in the Domesday Book (1086)

Garton on the Wolds appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Torbar in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Torbar

• Argam
• Brigham
• Burton [Fleming]
• Elestolf
• Elmswell
• Estolf
• Folkton
• Fordon
• Foston [on the Wolds]
• Gembling
• Hunmanby
• Ledemare
• Muston
• Nafferton

The Meaning of the Name

The name Garton on the Wolds 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 Garton on the Wolds.

Listed Buildings Near Garton on the Wolds

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

Grade I

• Church of St Michael - 0.44 km

Grade II

• Ett Hem Manor House and Kirk View - 0.36 km
• Graveslab Approximately 3 Metres to South of St Michael’s Church - 0.42 km
• Timber Farmhouse - 0.45 km
• Butcher’s House and 3 Houses Adjoining to East - 0.53 km
• West End House - 0.76 km
• West End View - 0.77 km

Garton on the Wolds Today

Today Garton on the Wolds lies within the administrative area of Garton, and the settlement recorded a population of 348 at recent figures. Nine and a half centuries separate that figure from the small rural community the Domesday survey recorded here in 1086.

Read more about modern Garton-on-the-Wolds on Wikipedia .

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

• Elmswell - 1.4 km SE
• Little Driffield - 2.8 km SE
• Great Kendale - 3.2 km E
• Kirkburn - 4.1 km S
• Eastburn - 4.1 km S
• Kelleythorpe - 4.2 km SE