Scloftone in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Scloftone is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Torbar in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Torbar

• Argam
• Brigham
• Burton [Fleming]
• Elestolf
• Elmswell
• Estolf
• Folkton
• Fordon
• Foston [on the Wolds]
• Garton [on the Wolds]
• Gembling
• Hunmanby
• Ledemare
• Muston

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Scloftone 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 Scloftone.

Listed Buildings Near Scloftone

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

Grade II

• White Horse Cottage - 0.07 km
• Wellbank House and Forge Cottage - 0.08 km
• Bank House - 0.09 km
• Muston Hall - 0.09 km
• Ashley Cottage - 0.09 km
• 6 and 7, Hunmanby Street - 0.1 km
• West House Farmhouse - 0.19 km
• Church of All Saints - 0.27 km
• Cross Keys Inn - 0.39 km
• Appleby’s - 0.42 km
• Mount Pleasant Farmhouse - 0.6 km

Scloftone Today

Today Scloftone lies within the administrative area of Scarborough, and the settlement recorded a population of 334 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 Muston on Wikipedia .

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

• Muston - 0.0 km N
• Ricstorp - 0.0 km N
• Scolfstona - 0.0 km N
• East and West Flotmanby - 2.0 km W
• Hunmanby - 2.0 km S
• Eterstorp - 2.2 km NW