Little Edstone in the Domesday Book (1086)

Little Edstone is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Maneshou in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Maneshou

• Amotherby
• Ampleforth
• Appleton [le Street]
• Beadlam
• Brawby
• Broughton
• Cawton
• Coulton
• Fadmoor
• Fryton
• Gillamoor
• Gilling [East]
• Griff [Farm]
• Grimston

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Little Edstone 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 Little Edstone.

Listed Buildings Near Little Edstone

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

Grade II*

• Church of St Michael - 1.15 km

Grade II

• Little Edstone Farmhouse - 0.77 km
• Mount Pleasant Farmhouse - 0.96 km
• Methodist Chapel - 0.99 km
• Grey Horse Inn and Attached Outbuilding to Left and Garden Wall and Railings to Front - 1.07 km
• Great Edstone House - 1.11 km
• The Manor House - 1.16 km

Little Edstone Today

Today Little Edstone lies within the administrative area of Edstone.

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

• Great Edstone - 1.0 km W
• Marton - 2.2 km SE
• Kirby Moorside - 2.8 km NW
• Walton - 3.0 km W
• Welburn - 3.0 km W
• Sinnington - 3.2 km E