Markington in the Domesday Book (1086)
The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Markington, entered under the hundred of Hallikeld in Yorkshire.
Other Settlements in Hallikeld
- Brampton [Hall]
- Caldeuuelle
- Cundall
- Dishforth
- Ellenthorpe [Hall]
- Givendale
- Hashundebi
- Holme
- Howgrave
- Hutton [Conyers]
- Kirby [Hill]
- Leckby [Palace]
- Milby
- Norton [Conyers]
The Meaning of the Name
The name Markington 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 Markington.
Listed Buildings Near Markington
Historic England records 8 listed buildings within about a mile of Markington. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.
Grade II
- Barn Approximately 30 Metres East of Markington Hall, With Attached Chapel - 0.59 km
- Markington Hall - 0.63 km
- Low Mill Approximately 60 Metres North of Markington Hall - 0.65 km
- Church of Saint Michael - 1.04 km
- Rigg House Farm - 1.05 km
- Church Farmhouse - 1.1 km
- Brook House - 1.16 km
- Hincks Hall - 1.3 km
Scheduled Monuments Near Markington
Scheduled monuments are nationally important archaeological sites given legal protection. 2 lie within roughly a mile of Markington:
- Round barrow 250m west of Wallerthwaite - 0.64 km
- Wallerthwaite medieval village - 0.7 km
Markington Today
Today Markington lies within the administrative area of Markington with Wallerthwaite.
Read more about modern Markington on Wikipedia .
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
- Markenfield Hall - 2.0 km N
- Cayton - 2.0 km S
- South Stainley - 2.2 km SE
- How Hill - 2.8 km NW
- Bishop Monkton - 3.2 km E
- Aismunderby - 3.2 km N
Heritage Around Markington
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.
© J Scott · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© P Glenwright · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Gordon Hatton · 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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