Little Newton in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Little Newton is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Craven in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Craven

• Addingham
• Airton
• Anley
• Appletreewick
• Arncliffe
• Arnford
• Barnoldswick
• Bashall [Eaves]
• Battersby [Barn]
• Beamsley
• Birkby [Hall]
• Bogeuurde
• Bolton [Abbey]
• Bolton [by Bowland]

The Meaning of the Name

The name Little Newton is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word tūn, a farmstead or village, while the first element appears to represent the new. Taken together the name probably meant something close to ’the new farmstead’.

Remarkably, the name has changed little since 1086, when the Domesday scribes wrote it as Little Newton.

Listed Buildings Near Little Newton

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

Grade II

• Hellifield Station Main Passenger Building - 0.5 km
• Milestone - 0.77 km
• Milepost - 0.97 km
• Church of St Aidan - 0.99 km
• Hellifield House - 1.02 km
• Rook Cottage - 1.04 km
• New House - 1.18 km

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

• Hellifield - 1.0 km S
• Long Preston - 2.2 km NW
• Arnford - 2.2 km SW
• Otterburn - 3.0 km E
• Nappa - 4.0 km S
• Kirkby Malham - 5.0 km NE