Newton Wallis in the Domesday Book (1086)

Newton Wallis is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Barkston in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Barkston

• Barkston
• Barlow
• Birkin
• Bramham
• Brayton
• Burton [Hall]
• Camblesforth
• Carlton
• Clifford
• Drax
• Fairburn
• Grimston [Grange]
• Hambleton
• Hazelwood [Castle]

The Meaning of the Name

The name Newton Wallis 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 Wallis.

Listed Buildings Near Newton Wallis

Historic England records 1 listed building within about a mile of Newton Wallis. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II

• Remains of Newton Abbey at Se 444 277 - 0.35 km

Scheduled Monuments Near Newton Wallis

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

• Fairburn Ings (Newton Abbey) moat - 0.35 km

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

• Ledston - 1.4 km NW
• Wheldale - 1.4 km SE
• Water Fryston - 2.2 km SE
• Ledsham - 2.2 km NE
• Fairburn - 3.0 km E
• Allerton Bywater - 3.0 km W