Opetone is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Land of Count Alan in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Land of Count Alan

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Opetone 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 Opetone.

Listed Buildings Near Opetone

Historic England records 11 listed buildings within about a mile of Opetone. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade I

Snape Castle - 0.41 km

Grade II*

Thorp Perrow Hall - 1.03 km

Grade II

Cruck Barn Adjacent to the Castle Arms - 0.14 km
West Garth House - 0.14 km
Castle Arms - 0.14 km
The Old Blacksmith’s Cottage - 0.22 km
Lilac Cottage - 0.23 km
Dovecote Approximately 100 Metres to East of Snape Castle - 0.3 km
Stables Approximately 30 Metres to East of Snape Castle - 0.33 km
Springfield House - 0.42 km
2 Gateways to Snape Castle 20 Metres to South of Castle - 0.42 km

Scheduled Monuments Near Opetone

Scheduled monuments are nationally important archaeological sites given legal protection. 2 lie within roughly a mile of Opetone:

Roman buildings and field system in Snape - 0.17 km
Snape Castle, the chapel and ruined portions - 0.42 km

Opetone Today

Today Opetone lies within the administrative area of Hambleton, and the settlement recorded a population of 404 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 Snape with Thorp on Wikipedia .