Little Stainton in the Domesday Book (1086)

Little Stainton appears in the Domesday Book 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 Stainton 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 stone (ON steinn). Taken together the name probably meant something close to ’the stone farmstead’.

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

Listed Buildings Near Little Stainton

Historic England records 5 listed buildings within about a mile of Little Stainton. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II

• Stainton Cotes - 0.54 km
• Stainton Cotes Farmhouse - 0.57 km
• Old Farm Farmhouse - 0.59 km
• Barn at Old Farm Immediately Opposite Farmhouse - 0.61 km
• Stainton Hall - 1.15 km

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

• Ingthorpe Grange - 1.0 km S
• Bank Newton - 2.0 km E
• Coniston Cold - 2.2 km NE
• East and West Marton - 3.0 km S
• Nappa - 4.0 km W
• Gargrave - 4.0 km E