Kilton in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Kilton, 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 Kilton 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 Kilton.

Listed Buildings Near Kilton

Historic England records 4 listed buildings within about a mile of Kilton. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade I

• Remains of Kilton Castle Circa 30 Metres East of Castle Cottages - 0.96 km

Grade II

• Kilton Mill House - 0.71 km
• Kilton Mill - 0.71 km
• Carlin How Barn, Stable Byre and Cart Shed Range, Circa 30 Metres South East of Craggs Hall Farmhouse - 0.91 km

Scheduled Monuments Near Kilton

Scheduled monuments are nationally important archaeological sites given legal protection. 1 lies within roughly a mile of Kilton:

• Kilton Castle: tower keep castle 130m east of Castle Cottages - 0.96 km

Kilton Today

Today Kilton lies within the administrative area of Lockwood.

Read more about modern Kilton on Wikipedia .

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

• Loftus - 1.0 km E
• Kilton Thorpe - 1.4 km SW
• Brotton - 1.4 km NW
• Roskelthorpe - 2.2 km SE
• South Loftus - 2.2 km SE
• Little Moorsholm - 2.8 km SW