Haighton Hall in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Haighton Hall, entered under the hundred of Amounderness in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Amounderness

• Aighton
• Aldcliffe
• Aldingham
• Arkholme
• Aschebi
• Ashton [Hall]
• Ashton [on Ribble]
• Austwick
• Barbon
• Bardsea
• Bare
• Barnoldswick
• Barton
• Beetham

The Meaning of the Name

The name Haighton Hall 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 Haighton Hall.

Listed Buildings Near Haighton Hall

Historic England records 8 listed buildings within about a mile of Haighton Hall. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II

• Barn Circa 30 Metres North of Haighton Hall Farmhouse - 0.26 km
• Haighton Hall Farmhouse - 0.3 km
• Sudell House Farmhouse - 0.58 km
• Haighton Manor - 0.98 km
• Dixons Farmhouse - 1.02 km
• Church of St John in Grounds of Whittingham Hospital - 1.16 km
• Pigot House - 1.27 km
• Back Lane Farmhouse and Adjoining Barn - 1.27 km

Haighton Hall Today

Today Haighton Hall lies within the administrative area of Preston, and the settlement recorded a population of 201 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 Haighton on Wikipedia .

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

• Grimsargh - 1.4 km SE
• Goosnargh - 2.2 km NW
• Whittingham Hall - 3.2 km W
• Threlfall’s Farm - 4.0 km W
• Dilworth House - 4.5 km NE
• Broughton - 5.1 km W