Langthorne in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Langthorne, entered under the hundred of Land of Count Alan in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Land of Count Alan

• Achebi
• Agglethorpe
• Ainderby [Mires]
• Ainderby [Quernhow]
• Aiskew
• Aldbrough
• Allerthorpe [Hall]
• Ascam
• Ascham
• Asebi
• Aske [Hall]
• Askrigg
• Aysgarth
• Baldersby

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Langthorne 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 Langthorne.

Listed Buildings Near Langthorne

Historic England records 7 listed buildings within about a mile of Langthorne. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II

• The Hall - 0.48 km
• K6 Telephone Kiosk Near Langthorne Hall - 0.49 km
• Barn to North West of the Hall - 0.52 km
• Storra Pasture - 0.79 km
• Boundary Stone at Grid Reference 252 903 - 1.15 km
• Kirkbridge Mill - 1.25 km
• Ainderby Myers Manor - 1.29 km

Langthorne Today

Today Langthorne lies within the administrative area of Hambleton, and the settlement recorded a population of 61 at the 2021 census. Nine and a half centuries separate that figure from the small rural community the Domesday survey recorded here in 1086.

Read more about modern Langthorne on Wikipedia .

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

• Ainderby Mires - 1.0 km N
• Holtby Hall - 1.4 km NE
• Great Crakehall - 2.2 km SW
• Hackforth - 3.2 km N
• Bedale - 3.2 km S
• Great Fencote - 3.6 km NE