Marton in the Forest in the Domesday Book (1086)

Marton in the Forest appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Bulford in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Bulford

• Aldwark
• Alne
• Barnby [House]
• Barton [le Willows]
• Beningbrough
• Bossall
• Brafferton
• Brandsby
• Bulmer
• Buttercrambe
• Carlton [Farm]
• Claxton
• Coneysthorpe
• Corburn

The Meaning of the Name

The name Marton in the Forest 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 Marton in the Forest.

Listed Buildings Near Marton in the Forest

Historic England records 3 listed buildings within about a mile of Marton in the Forest. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II*

• Church of St Mary - 0.46 km

Grade II

• Hill Table Tomb Approximately 2 Metres to South East of Tower of Church of St Mary - 0.46 km
• Cartshed With Granary Over Opposite Church Farm - 0.49 km

Scheduled Monuments Near Marton in the Forest

Scheduled monuments are nationally important archaeological sites given legal protection. 2 lie within roughly a mile of Marton in the Forest:

• Deserted village of Marton in the Forest - 0.53 km
• Moated site known as The Rush - 1.01 km

Marton in the Forest Today

Today Marton in the Forest lies within the administrative area of Marton-cum-Moxby.

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

• Farlington - 1.4 km SE
• Stillington - 2.2 km SW
• Moxby Hall - 2.2 km SW
• Skewsby - 2.8 km NE
• Whenby - 3.2 km E
• Cornbrough House - 3.2 km E