Leidtorp in the Domesday Book (1086)
The settlement of Leidtorp is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Dic in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Leidtorp at 1 carucate of taxable land.
The survey records Leidtorp’s value at 1 shilling in 1086. No pre-Conquest figure survives – not unusual in the North, where records were disrupted by the Harrying and by the patchy coverage of the survey.
Other Settlements in Dic
- Aislaby
- Allerston
- Appleton [le Moors]
- Aschelesmersc
- Aschilesmares
- Barton [le Street]
- Baschebi
- Baschesbi
- Brompton
- Burniston
- Burton [Dale]
- Cawthorn
- Cayton
- Chigogemers
The Meaning of the Name
The origin of the name Leidtorp 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 Leidtorp.
Listed Buildings Near Leidtorp
Historic England records 9 listed buildings within about a mile of Leidtorp. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.
Grade II*
- Church of Saint John - 1.29 km
Grade II
- Church of St George (Church of England) - 0.49 km
- Prospect Farmhouse - 0.82 km
- Sawmill Cottage - 1.18 km
- Cornmill - 1.25 km
- Mill Cottage - 1.26 km
- Allerston Manor - 1.27 km
- Rhodelands - 1.3 km
- Low Farmhouse and Attached Cottage - 1.3 km
Scheduled Monuments Near Leidtorp
Scheduled monuments are nationally important archaeological sites given legal protection. 2 lie within roughly a mile of Leidtorp:
- Wilton Hall moated site 250m south of Manor Farm - 0.44 km
- Allerston medieval manorial centre, dovecotes and 17th century gunpowder works - 1.34 km
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
Heritage Around Leidtorp
Photographs of churches, listed buildings and monuments in the vicinity, contributed by volunteers to the Geograph project and reused here under a Creative Commons licence.
© Colin Grice · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Maigheach-gheal · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Maigheach-gheal · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
Images © their respective photographers, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 and reused here with attribution. Photographs depict listed buildings, churches and monuments near this settlement and may show neighbouring villages.
Data derived from the Open Domesday project (opendomesday.org), based on the Domesday Book dataset compiled by Professor J.J.N. Palmer and team. The Domesday Book (1086) is in the public domain.
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