Halton East in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Halton East is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 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 Halton East 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 Halton East.

Listed Buildings Near Halton East

Historic England records 10 listed buildings within about a mile of Halton East. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II

• The Fold - 0.46 km
• Dyneley House - 0.54 km
• Sunnyside Cottage - 0.56 km
• White House Farmhouse - 0.56 km
• Fern Cottage - 0.62 km
• Bramham Cottage and Barn Adjoining - 0.64 km
• Halton Hall - 0.73 km
• Howgill House - 1.15 km
• Manor House and Manor Cottage - 1.19 km
• Holly Cottage - 1.26 km

Halton East Today

Today Halton East lies within the administrative area of Craven, and the settlement recorded a population of 85 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 Halton East on Wikipedia .

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

• Draughton - 1.4 km SW
• Bolton Abbey - 3.0 km E
• Embsay - 3.0 km W
• High and Low Skibeden - 3.2 km W
• Beamsley - 4.1 km E
• Addingham - 5.6 km SE