The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Poulton Hall, entered under the hundred of Amounderness in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Poulton Hall at 1 carucate of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Poulton Hall supported a recorded population of 2 villagers, 4 smallholders, 4 slaves, working 2 ploughs between them.

The drop in value is hard to miss. Before 1066, Poulton Hall was worth 2 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 1.5 shillings – a fall of 25%. Most Yorkshire villages that lost value on this scale were swept up in the Harrying of the North – William’s scorched-earth campaign of 1069–70.

Other Settlements in Amounderness

The Meaning of the Name

The name Poulton Hall is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word tūn, a farmstead or village. The first element is most likely a personal name or an early descriptive term, now difficult to recover with certainty. Taken together the name probably meant something close to ‘a farmstead’.

Remarkably, the name has changed little since 1086, when the Domesday scribes wrote it as Poulton Hall.

Listed Buildings Near Poulton Hall

Historic England records 30 listed buildings within about a mile of Poulton Hall. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II