High Newton in the Domesday Book (1086)
The settlement of High Newton is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, 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 High Newton is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word tūn, a farmstead or village, while the first element appears to represent the new. Taken together the name probably meant something close to ’the new farmstead’.
Remarkably, the name has changed little since 1086, when the Domesday scribes wrote it as High Newton.
Listed Buildings Near High Newton
Historic England records 5 listed buildings within about a mile of High Newton. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.
Grade II
- Greensyke - 0.81 km
- Jessamine Cottage Newton Hall Cottage - 0.82 km
- Newton Hall - 0.83 km
- Friend’s Burial Ground Walls - 1.24 km
- East View Fell Cottage - 1.29 km
High Newton Today
Today High Newton lies within the administrative area of Lindale and Newton-in-Cartmel.
Read more about modern High Newton on Wikipedia .
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
- Cartmel - 5.8 km SW
- Walton Hall - 6.4 km SW
- Birkby Hall - 6.7 km SW
- Holker - 7.2 km SW
- Levens - 8.5 km E
- Beetham - 9.8 km SE
Heritage Around [High] Newton
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.
© David Brown · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Michael Graham · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© R Greenhalgh · 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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