Singleton and Little Singleton appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Amounderness in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Amounderness

The Meaning of the Name

The name Singleton and Little Singleton 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 Singleton and Little Singleton.

Listed Buildings Near Singleton and Little Singleton

Historic England records 3 listed buildings within about a mile of Singleton and Little Singleton. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II

Ice House at Singleton Hall - 0.49 km
Mains Hall - 1.19 km
Dovecote in Field, Circa 150 Metres North of Mains Hall - 1.2 km

Singleton and Little Singleton Today

Today Singleton and Little Singleton lies within the administrative area of Singleton.

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

Hambleton - 3.0 km N
Preese Hall - 3.0 km S
Out Rawcliffe - 3.6 km NE
Little Eccleston - 4.0 km E
Carleton and Little Carleton - 4.1 km W
Staining - 4.2 km SW

Heritage Around Singleton and [Little] Singleton

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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Singleton and Little Singleton in the Domesday Book (1086)