Hooton Roberts in the Domesday Book (1086)

Hooton Roberts is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Strafforth in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Strafforth

• Adwick [le Street]
• Adwick [upon Dearne]
• Armthorpe
• Aston
• Attercliffe
• Auckley
• Aughton [Hall]
• Austerfield
• Balby
• Barnbrough
• Barnby [Dun]
• Bentley
• Bilham [House]
• Billingley

The Meaning of the Name

The name Hooton Roberts 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 Hooton Roberts.

Listed Buildings Near Hooton Roberts

Historic England records 5 listed buildings within about a mile of Hooton Roberts. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II*

• Church of St John the Baptist - 0.45 km

Grade II

• Hooton Roberts Rectory - 0.44 km
• Barn Approximately 35 Metres to the South East of Church of St John - 0.49 km
• The Earl of Strafford - 0.49 km
• The Coach House Approximately 20 Metres to South of the Earl of Strafford - 0.53 km

Hooton Roberts Today

Today Hooton Roberts lies within the administrative area of Rotherham, and the settlement recorded a population of 170 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 Hooton Roberts on Wikipedia .

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

• Denaby - 2.0 km N
• Ravenfield - 2.0 km S
• Thrybergh - 2.8 km SW
• Conisbrough - 3.2 km E
• Clifton - 3.2 km E
• Mexborough - 3.2 km N