Newton upon Ouse is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Bulford in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Newton upon Ouse at 0.2 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Newton upon Ouse supported a recorded population of 4 slaves.

The survey records Newton upon Ouse’s value at 6d in 1086. No pre-Conquest figure survives – not unusual in the North, where records were disrupted by the Harrying and by the patchy coverage of the survey.

Other Settlements in Bulford

The Meaning of the Name

The name Newton upon Ouse is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word tūn, a farmstead or village, while the first element appears to represent the new. Taken together the name probably meant something close to ’the new farmstead’.

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

Listed Buildings Near Newton upon Ouse

Historic England records 22 listed buildings within about a mile of Newton upon Ouse. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade I