Muston in the Domesday Book (1086)

Muston is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Torbar in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Torbar

• Argam
• Brigham
• Burton [Fleming]
• Elestolf
• Elmswell
• Estolf
• Folkton
• Fordon
• Foston [on the Wolds]
• Garton [on the Wolds]
• Gembling
• Hunmanby
• Ledemare
• Nafferton

The Meaning of the Name

The name Muston 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 Muston.

Listed Buildings Near Muston

Historic England records 11 listed buildings within about a mile of Muston. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II

• White Horse Cottage - 0.07 km
• Wellbank House and Forge Cottage - 0.08 km
• Bank House - 0.09 km
• Muston Hall - 0.09 km
• Ashley Cottage - 0.09 km
• 6 and 7, Hunmanby Street - 0.1 km
• West House Farmhouse - 0.19 km
• Church of All Saints - 0.27 km
• Cross Keys Inn - 0.39 km
• Appleby’s - 0.42 km
• Mount Pleasant Farmhouse - 0.6 km

Muston Today

Today Muston lies within the administrative area of Scarborough, and the settlement recorded a population of 334 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 Muston on Wikipedia .

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

• Ricstorp - 0.0 km N
• Scloftone - 0.0 km N
• Scolfstona - 0.0 km N
• East and West Flotmanby - 2.0 km W
• Hunmanby - 2.0 km S
• Eterstorp - 2.2 km NW