Hangton in the Domesday Book (1086)
Hangton is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Langbaurgh in Yorkshire.
Other Settlements in Langbaurgh
- Acklam
- Airy [Holme]
- Aislaby
- Arnodestorp
- Baldebi
- Barnaby
- Barwick
- Battersby
- Bergolbi
- Berguluesbi
- Blaten [Carr]
- Borrowby
- Breck
- Brotton
The Meaning of the Name
The name Hangton 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 Hangton.
Listed Buildings Near Hangton
Historic England records 5 listed buildings within about a mile of Hangton. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.
Grade II
- Boilerhouse and Pigsty/henhouse to South-east of Post Gate Farmhouse - 1.18 km
- Byre, Barn and Gin-gang to North-east of Post Gate Farmhouse - 1.19 km
- Byre and Loft to North-east of Post Gate Farmhouse - 1.19 km
- Postgate Farmhouse and Attached Outbuildings - 1.21 km
- Glaisdale Head Methodist Church and Walls - 1.23 km
Scheduled Monuments Near Hangton
Scheduled monuments are nationally important archaeological sites given legal protection. 1 lies within roughly a mile of Hangton:
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
- Hangton Hill - 3.0 km N
- Lealholm - 4.0 km N
- Crunkly Gill - 4.1 km N
- Egton - 5.0 km NE
- Danby - 7.6 km NW
- Ugthorpe - 8.5 km N
Heritage Around Hangton
Photographs of churches, listed buildings and monuments in the vicinity, contributed by volunteers to the Geograph project and reused here under a Creative Commons licence.
© Bill Boaden · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Colin Grice · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Mick Garratt · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
Images © their respective photographers, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 and reused here with attribution. Photographs depict listed buildings, churches and monuments near this settlement and may show neighbouring villages.
Data derived from the Open Domesday project (opendomesday.org), based on the Domesday Book dataset compiled by Professor J.J.N. Palmer and team. The Domesday Book (1086) is in the public domain.
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