Linton in the Domesday Book (1086)
The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Linton, entered under the hundred of Scard in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Linton at 8.5 carucates of taxable land.
At the time of the survey, Linton supported a recorded population of 11 villagers, 4 smallholders, 8 slaves, working 9 ploughs between them.
By 1086 Linton was worth 24 shillings, up from 12 shillings before the Conquest – which sets it apart from the many nearby villages left waste or devalued.
Resources Recorded at Linton (1086)
- Churches: 1
- Sheep: 880
- Meadow: 22 acres
Other Settlements in Scard
- Birdsall
- Buckton [Holms]
- Burdale
- Duggleby
- Kennythorpe
- Langton
- Norton
- Rillington
- Scagglethorpe
- Scampston
- Settrington
- Sutton [Grange]
- Thorpe [Bassett]
- Towthorpe
The Meaning of the Name
The name Linton 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 Linton.
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
- Thirkleby Manor - 2.8 km SE
- Thirkleby Manor - 2.8 km SE
- Newton - 2.8 km NW
- Kirby Grindalythe - 3.0 km S
- Turodebi - 3.0 km S
- East and West Lutton - 3.2 km E
Heritage Around Linton
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.
© Charles Rispin · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Ian S · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© JThomas · 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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