Scolfstona in the Domesday Book (1086)
The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Scolfstona, entered under the hundred of Torbar in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Scolfstona at 2.9 carucates of taxable land.
At the time of the survey, Scolfstona supported a recorded population of 3 villagers, 19 smallholders, 1 freeman, working 6 ploughs between them.
By 1086 Scolfstona was worth 5.27 shillings, up from 4 shillings before the Conquest – which sets it apart from the many nearby villages left waste or devalued.
The survey lists 3 manors at Scolfstona under different lords. Splitting a single settlement between multiple tenants was common across the North – Saxon estates broken up and handed to William’s followers after 1066.
Resources Recorded at Scolfstona (1086)
- Cattle: 17
- Pigs: 35
- Sheep: 30
- Horses (cobs): 2
- Meadow: 4 acres
- Woodland: 40 pigs
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 Scolfstona 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 Scolfstona.
Listed Buildings Near Scolfstona
Historic England records 11 listed buildings within about a mile of Scolfstona. 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
Scolfstona Today
Today Scolfstona 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:
Heritage Around Scolfstona
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.
© HENRY CLARK · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© HENRY CLARK · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Alan Heardman · 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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