Linton upon Ouse in the Domesday Book (1086)
The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Linton upon Ouse, entered under the hundred of Bulford in Yorkshire.
Other Settlements in Bulford
- Aldwark
- Alne
- Barnby [House]
- Barton [le Willows]
- Beningbrough
- Bossall
- Brafferton
- Brandsby
- Bulmer
- Buttercrambe
- Carlton [Farm]
- Claxton
- Coneysthorpe
- Corburn
The Meaning of the Name
The name Linton upon Ouse 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 upon Ouse.
Listed Buildings Near Linton upon Ouse
Historic England records 4 listed buildings within about a mile of Linton upon Ouse. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.
Grade II*
- Weir and Salmon Ladder - 0.59 km
Grade II
- Manor Farm House Adjacent to Grange Farm House - 0.3 km
- Lock House Restaurant - 0.48 km
- Linton Lock - 0.5 km
Linton upon Ouse Today
Today Linton upon Ouse lies within the administrative area of Hambleton, and the settlement recorded a population of 760 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 Linton-on-Ouse on Wikipedia .
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
- Widdington Hall - 1.0 km S
- Newton upon Ouse - 2.2 km SE
- Toresbi - 2.2 km SE
- Youlton - 3.0 km N
- Thorpe Underwood - 3.2 km W
- Nun Monkton - 3.2 km S
Heritage Around Linton [upon Ouse]
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.
© Gordon Hatton · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Matthew Hatton · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Carol Walker · 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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