Scotforth is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Amounderness in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Scotforth at 1 carucate of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Scotforth supported a recorded population of 3 villagers, 4 smallholders, 2 slaves, working 3 ploughs between them.

By 1086 Scotforth was worth 4 shillings, up from 2.5 shillings before the Conquest – in contrast to many Yorkshire neighbours whose valuations collapsed.

Resources Recorded at Scotforth (1086)

Mills: 1 mill (valued at 2d)
Churches: 1
Meadow: 7 acres
Woodland: 10 swine render

Other Settlements in Amounderness

The Meaning of the Name

The name Scotforth is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word ford, a river crossing. 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 ford’.

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

Listed Buildings Near Scotforth

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

Grade II*