Raneuuat is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Yarlestre in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Yarlestre

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Raneuuat 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 Raneuuat.

Listed Buildings Near Raneuuat

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

Grade II

Church Lane Farmhouse - 0.4 km
Grange Farm House - 0.46 km
Dovecote and Barn 15 Metres to North of Dovecote Cottage - 0.46 km
Websters Farm Cottage - 0.49 km
Village Farm House - 0.51 km
The Old Smithy (Wrongly Named ‘The Forge’ on Os Map) - 0.52 km

Raneuuat Today

Today Raneuuat lies within the administrative area of Rainton with Newby, and the settlement recorded a population of 447 at recent figures. Nine and a half centuries separate that figure from the small rural community the Domesday survey recorded here in 1086.

Read more about modern Rainton on Wikipedia .

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

Rainton - 0.0 km N
Dishforth - 2.8 km SE
Asenby - 3.0 km E
Catton - 3.2 km N
Asebi - 3.2 km N
Baldersby - 3.2 km N

Heritage Around Raneuuat

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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Raneuuat in the Domesday Book (1086)