Myton on Swale in the Domesday Book (1086)

Myton on Swale 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 Myton on Swale 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 Myton on Swale.

Listed Buildings Near Myton on Swale

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

Grade I

• Myton Hall - 0.62 km
• Gatepiers, Wall and Railings of Myton Hall to East - 0.65 km

Grade II*

• Church of St Mary - 0.36 km

Grade II

• Old Hall Farmhouse - 0.09 km
• Myton Bridge - 0.27 km

Myton on Swale Today

Today Myton on Swale lies within the administrative area of North Yorkshire, and the settlement recorded a population of 159 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 Myton-on-Swale on Wikipedia .

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

• Ellenthorpe Hall - 2.2 km NW
• Humburton - 2.2 km NW
• Aldborough - 3.0 km W
• Helperby - 3.0 km N
• Milby - 3.2 km W
• Lower and Upper Dunsforth - 3.2 km S