Neuson in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Neuson is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Sneculfcros in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Sneculfcros

• Aike
• Beswick
• Beverley
• Bracken
• Dunnington
• Etton
• Gardham
• Grimston
• Holme [on the Wolds]
• Ianulfestorp
• Kilnwick
• Leconfield
• Lockington
• Middleton [on the Wolds]

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Neuson is not securely established from its modern form alone; like many settlement names in the North it likely combines an Old English or Old Norse personal name with a landscape term.

Remarkably, the name has changed little since 1086, when the Domesday scribes wrote it as Neuson.

Listed Buildings Near Neuson

Historic England records 4 listed buildings within about a mile of Neuson. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade I

• Church of St Catherine - 0.29 km

Grade II

• 1, Arram Road - 0.15 km
• The Manor House - 0.24 km
• Cowthorpe - 0.3 km

Scheduled Monuments Near Neuson

Scheduled monuments are nationally important archaeological sites given legal protection. 1 lies within roughly a mile of Neuson:

• Moated site of Leconfield Castle - 0.5 km

Neuson Today

Today Neuson lies within the administrative area of East Riding of Yorkshire, and the settlement recorded a population of 2,410 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 Leconfield on Wikipedia .

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

• Leconfield - 0.0 km N
• Raventhorpe - 1.4 km SW
• Persene - 2.0 km N
• Scorborough - 2.0 km N
• Cherry Burton - 2.8 km SW
• Etton - 3.0 km W