Lupton in the Domesday Book (1086)
The settlement of Lupton is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Amounderness in Yorkshire.
Other Settlements in Amounderness
- Aighton
- Aldcliffe
- Aldingham
- Arkholme
- Aschebi
- Ashton [Hall]
- Ashton [on Ribble]
- Austwick
- Barbon
- Bardsea
- Bare
- Barnoldswick
- Barton
- Beetham
The Meaning of the Name
The name Lupton 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 Lupton.
Listed Buildings Near Lupton
Historic England records 12 listed buildings within about a mile of Lupton. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.
Grade II
- Boundary Stone Approximately 300 Metres South-east of Spout House Farmhouse - 0.53 km
- Boxtree Farmhouse and Lupton Tower - 0.66 km
- Barn Approximately 10 Metres South East of Spout House Farmhouse - 0.78 km
- Spout House Farmhouse - 0.8 km
- Barn to South West of Foulstone - 0.99 km
- Foulstone - 1.0 km
- Barn to South East of Foulstone - 1.02 km
- Greenlane End and Attached Barn and Garden Wall and Gateposts - 1.06 km
- Garden Walls and Gateways to North and East of Garden to East of Summerdale House - 1.09 km
- Summerdale House - 1.12 km
- Milestone Approximately 75 Metres North of Summerdale House - 1.16 km
- Church of All Saints - 1.3 km
Lupton Today
Today Lupton lies within the administrative area of South Lakeland, and the settlement recorded a population of 176 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 Lupton on Wikipedia .
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
- Farleton - 2.0 km W
- Preston Patrick - 2.2 km NW
- Preston Richard - 3.6 km NW
- Hutton Roof - 3.6 km SE
- Mansergh - 4.1 km E
- Holme - 4.2 km SW
Heritage Around Lupton
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.
© Alexander P Kapp · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Karl and Ali · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Alexander P Kapp · 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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