Knapton in the Domesday Book (1086)

Knapton is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Ainsty in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Ainsty

• Acaster [Malbis]
• Acaster [Selby]
• Acomb
• Appleton [Roebuck]
• Askham [Bryan]
• Askham [Richard]
• Bickerton
• Bilbrough
• Bilton
• Bishopthorpe
• Bithen
• Bolton [Percy]
• Catterton
• Colton

The Meaning of the Name

The name Knapton 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 Knapton.

Listed Buildings Near Knapton

Historic England records 8 listed buildings within about a mile of Knapton. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II

• St Peter’s Farmhouse and Peter’s Farm Cottage - 0.65 km
• St Peter’s Cottages - 0.66 km
• Church of the Holy Redeemer - 0.93 km
• 25, the Green - 1.2 km
• Church of St Stephen - 1.22 km
• 62, York Road - 1.28 km
• 5, the Green - 1.28 km
• War Memorial - 1.28 km

Knapton Today

Today Knapton lies within the administrative area of Rufforth with Knapton.

Read more about modern Knapton on Wikipedia .

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

• Acomb - 1.4 km SE
• Upper Poppleton - 2.2 km NW
• Nether Poppleton - 3.0 km N
• Clifton - 3.2 km E
• Mortun - 3.2 km N
• Overton - 3.2 km N