High and Low Catton in the Domesday Book (1086)
High and Low Catton is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Pocklington in Yorkshire.
Other Settlements in Pocklington
- Allerthorpe
- Barmby [Moor]
- Belthorpe
- Bielby
- Bolton
- Burnby
- Chetelstorp
- Deighton
- Elvington
- Escrick
- Everingham
- Fangfoss
- Gowthorpe
- Greenwick
The Meaning of the Name
The name High and Low Catton 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 High and Low Catton.
Listed Buildings Near High and Low Catton
Historic England records 6 listed buildings within about a mile of High and Low Catton. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.
Grade I
- Church of All Saints - 0.53 km
Grade II
- The Beeches - 0.33 km
- The Old Rectory - 0.42 km
- Town End Farmhouse - 0.47 km
- Set of 4 Lamp Posts Along Path of Church of All Saints - 0.49 km
- Glebe Farmhouse - 0.56 km
Scheduled Monuments Near High and Low Catton
Scheduled monuments are nationally important archaeological sites given legal protection. 1 lies within roughly a mile of High and Low Catton:
- Roman minor town identified as Derventio - 1.04 km
High and Low Catton Today
Today High and Low Catton lies within the administrative area of Catton.
Read more about modern Low Catton on Wikipedia .
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
- Scoreby Manor - 1.4 km SW
- Gate Helmsley - 2.2 km NW
- Holtby - 3.2 km W
- Warthill - 3.6 km NW
- Dunnington - 4.1 km W
- Ianulfestorp - 4.1 km W
Heritage Around [High and Low] Catton
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 Henderson · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Keith Laverack · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Kath Bonson · 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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