Landmoth in the Domesday Book (1086)

Landmoth is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 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 origin of the name Landmoth is not securely established from its modern form alone; like many settlement names in the North it likely combines an Old English or Old Norse personal name with a landscape term.

Remarkably, the name has changed little since 1086, when the Domesday scribes wrote it as Landmoth.

Listed Buildings Near Landmoth

Historic England records 2 listed buildings within about a mile of Landmoth. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II

• Catto Hall - 0.25 km
• Marigold Hall - 0.75 km

Scheduled Monuments Near Landmoth

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

• Site of medieval manor house, Landmoth Hall, including ruins of east wing - 0.16 km

Landmoth Today

Today Landmoth lies within the administrative area of Landmoth-cum-Catto.

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

• Sowerby under Cotcliffe - 1.4 km NW
• Kirby Sigston - 2.2 km NW
• Leake - 2.2 km SE
• Nether Silton - 3.0 km E
• Borrowby - 3.0 km S
• Over Silton - 3.2 km E