Hopperton in the Domesday Book (1086)
The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Hopperton, entered under the hundred of Burghshire in Yorkshire.
Other Settlements in Burghshire
- Addlethorpe
- Aismunderby
- Aldfield
- Allerton [Mauleverer]
- Arkendale
- Askwith
- Azerley
- Barrowby [Grange]
- Beckwith [House]
- Besthaim
- Bestham
- Bewerley
- Bilton
- Birstwith
The Meaning of the Name
The name Hopperton 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 Hopperton.
Listed Buildings Near Hopperton
Historic England records 2 listed buildings within about a mile of Hopperton. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.
Grade II
- Milepost Approximately 50 Metres East of Gelsthorpe Farm - 0.7 km
- Holly Cottage - 0.98 km
Hopperton Today
Today Hopperton lies within the administrative area of Allerton Mauleverer with Hopperton.
Read more about modern Hopperton on Wikipedia .
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
- Allerton Mauleverer - 1.4 km NW
- Cadretone - 1.4 km NW
- Thornborough - 2.0 km N
- Whixley - 2.8 km NE
- Hunsingore - 3.0 km S
- Green Hammerton - 3.2 km E
Heritage Around Hopperton
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 Rogers · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Martyn Gorman · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© hayley green · 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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