Popletone appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Burghshire in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Burghshire

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Popletone 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 Popletone.

Listed Buildings Near Popletone

Historic England records 6 listed buildings within about a mile of Popletone. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II*

Bouthwaite Grange and Grange Cottage - 0.87 km

Grade II

Covill Grange - 0.38 km
Church of St Mary the Virgin - 0.78 km
Remains of St Mary’s Chapel in Churchyard of St Mary the Virgin - 0.78 km
Colt House Grange Farm and Attached Outbuildings - 0.8 km
Heys Cottage and Attached Barn - 0.81 km

Popletone Today

Today Popletone lies within the administrative area of Fountains Earth.

Read more about modern Bouthwaite on Wikipedia .

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

Heathfield - 3.2 km S
Swetton - 6.7 km NE
Bewerley - 6.7 km SE
Carlesmoor - 7.6 km NE
Hawcoat - 8.2 km E
Wilsill - 8.5 km SE

Heritage Around Popletone

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.

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Popletone in the Domesday Book (1086)