Knayton in the Domesday Book (1086)

Knayton appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Allerton in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Allerton

• Ainderby [Steeple]
• Appleton [Wiske]
• Arncliffe [Hall]
• Birkby
• Borrowby
• Brompton
• Cowesby
• Crosby [Grange]
• Dale [Town]
• Deighton
• Ellerbeck
• Foxton
• Girsby
• Hawnby

The Meaning of the Name

The name Knayton 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 Knayton.

Listed Buildings Near Knayton

Historic England records 13 listed buildings within about a mile of Knayton. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II

• South Fields - 0.43 km
• South End - 0.43 km
• Swan Lane Cottage - 0.45 km
• Swan Lane House - 0.46 km
• Brewers Cottage Pear Tree Cottage Ramblers Cottage - 0.53 km
• Chapel House - 0.56 km
• Hamilton House - 0.57 km
• Turpins Lodge - 0.59 km
• Moor House - 0.59 km
• Hamwood Cottage - 0.59 km
• Sundial Cottage - 0.59 km
• Broad Beck Bridge - 1.22 km
• Borrowby Mill - 1.29 km

Knayton Today

Today Knayton lies within the administrative area of Knayton with Brawith.

Read more about modern Knayton on Wikipedia .

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

• Upsall - 2.0 km E
• Thornton le Street - 2.2 km SW
• North Kilvington - 2.2 km SW
• Borrowby - 2.2 km NW
• Hundulfthorpe Farm - 2.2 km SE
• Kirby Knowle - 3.0 km E