Paythorne in the Domesday Book (1086)
Paythorne appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Craven in Yorkshire.
Other Settlements in Craven
- Addingham
- Airton
- Anley
- Appletreewick
- Arncliffe
- Arnford
- Barnoldswick
- Bashall [Eaves]
- Battersby [Barn]
- Beamsley
- Birkby [Hall]
- Bogeuurde
- Bolton [Abbey]
- Bolton [by Bowland]
The Meaning of the Name
The origin of the name Paythorne 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 Paythorne.
Listed Buildings Near Paythorne
Historic England records 6 listed buildings within about a mile of Paythorne. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.
Grade II
- Paythorne Methodist Church - 0.49 km
- Paythorne Bridge - 0.56 km
- Moor House Farmhouse and Wall Adjoining to South West - 0.72 km
- Toll House - 0.99 km
- Windy Pike Farmhouse - 1.1 km
- Milestone at Sd 83015040 - 1.15 km
Scheduled Monuments Near Paythorne
Scheduled monuments are nationally important archaeological sites given legal protection. 4 lie within roughly a mile of Paythorne:
- Paythorne Bridge - 0.54 km
- Castle Haugh Ringwork, Newsholme - 0.81 km
- Site of the Old Hall - 1.0 km
- Little Painley bowl barrow - 1.37 km
Paythorne Today
Today Paythorne lies within the administrative area of Ribble Valley, and the settlement recorded a population of 97 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 Paythorne on Wikipedia .
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
- Newsholme - 1.0 km E
- Painley - 2.2 km SE
- Ellenthorpe - 2.2 km SW
- Raygill Moss - 2.8 km SW
- Gisburn - 3.0 km S
- Horton - 3.2 km E
Heritage Around Paythorne
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.
© Alexander P Kapp · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Dr Neil Clifton · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© philandju · 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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