Normanton in the Domesday Book (1086)
The settlement of Normanton is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Agbrigg in Yorkshire.
Other Settlements in Agbrigg
- Ackton
- Almondbury
- Austonley
- Bradley
- Cartworth
- Crigglestone
- Crofton
- Dalton
- Emley
- Farnley [Tyas]
- Flockton
- Fulstone
- Golcar
- Hepworth
The Meaning of the Name
The name Normanton 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 northern. Taken together the name probably meant something close to ’the northern farmstead’.
Remarkably, the name has changed little since 1086, when the Domesday scribes wrote it as Normanton.
Listed Buildings Near Normanton
Historic England records 7 listed buildings within about a mile of Normanton. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.
Grade II*
- Church of All Saints - 0.15 km
Grade II
- Tomb Chest Approximately 1 Metre South of First Bay of Chapel to Church of All Saints - 0.15 km
- Hanson House Farm - 0.24 km
- Store Approximately 2 Metres South of Rear Wing of Hanson House Farmhouse - 0.26 km
- The Manor House - 0.26 km
- The Cross and Signpost - 0.3 km
- Hill House Farmhouse - 0.84 km
Normanton Today
Today Normanton lies within the administrative area of Normanton and Altofts, and the settlement recorded a population of 20,872 at the 2011 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 Normanton on Wikipedia .
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
Heritage Around Normanton
Photographs of churches, listed buildings and monuments in the vicinity, contributed by volunteers to the Geograph project and reused here under a Creative Commons licence.
© Martyn Pattison · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Rich Tea · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Ian Russell · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
Images © their respective photographers, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 and reused here with attribution. Photographs depict listed buildings, churches and monuments near this settlement and may show neighbouring villages.
Data derived from the Open Domesday project (opendomesday.org), based on the Domesday Book dataset compiled by Professor J.J.N. Palmer and team. The Domesday Book (1086) is in the public domain.
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