Sneaton in the Domesday Book (1086)
Sneaton is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Langbaurgh in Yorkshire.
Other Settlements in Langbaurgh
- Acklam
- Airy [Holme]
- Aislaby
- Arnodestorp
- Baldebi
- Barnaby
- Barwick
- Battersby
- Bergolbi
- Berguluesbi
- Blaten [Carr]
- Borrowby
- Breck
- Brotton
The Meaning of the Name
The name Sneaton 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 Sneaton.
Listed Buildings Near Sneaton
Historic England records 13 listed buildings within about a mile of Sneaton. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.
Grade II
- Low Farmhouse - 0.23 km
- White Cottage - 0.24 km
- The Wilson Arms - 0.27 km
- Abbey View - 0.29 km
- Sea View - 0.34 km
- Churchyard Gateway and Flanking Walls Approximately 30 Metres South of Church of St Hilda - 0.42 km
- Old School - 0.42 km
- Church of St. Hilda - 0.44 km
- Sneaton Hall Hotel - 0.51 km
- Manor House Farmhouse - 0.52 km
- Howlet Hall - 1.15 km
- Farmbuildings Approximately 15 Metres South East of Howlet Hall Farmhouse - 1.17 km
- Farmbuildings Approximately 7 Metres East of Howlet Hall Farmhouse - 1.17 km
Sneaton Today
Today Sneaton lies within the administrative area of Scarborough, and the settlement recorded a population of 191 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 Sneaton on Wikipedia .
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
- Ugglebarnby - 2.0 km W
- Eskdaleside - 3.0 km W
- Normanby - 3.2 km E
- High Stakesby - 3.2 km N
- Flowergate - 4.0 km N
- Gnipe Howe - 4.1 km E
Heritage Around Sneaton
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.
© Colin Westley · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Rich Tea · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Maigheach-gheal · 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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