Little Langton in the Domesday Book (1086)

Little Langton is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, 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 name Little Langton 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 Little Langton.

Listed Buildings Near Little Langton

Historic England records 4 listed buildings within about a mile of Little Langton. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II*

• Langton Hall - 0.31 km

Grade II

• Gateway Approximately 200 Metres East of Langton Hall - 0.23 km
• Church of Saint Wilfrid - 0.78 km
• North Lowfield Farmhouse - 1.21 km

Little Langton Today

Today Little Langton lies within the administrative area of Hambleton, and the settlement recorded a population of 46 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 Little Langton on Wikipedia .

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

• Great Langton - 1.4 km NW
• Kirkby Hall - 2.0 km W
• Kirkby Fleetham - 2.2 km SW
• Great Fencote - 2.8 km SW
• Little Fencote - 2.8 km SW
• Kiplin - 2.8 km NW