Starbotton in the Domesday Book (1086)
The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Starbotton, entered under the hundred of Craven in Yorkshire.
Other Settlements in Craven
- Addingham
- Airton
- Anley
- Appletreewick
- Arncliffe
- Arnford
- Barnoldswick
- Bashall [Eaves]
- Battersby [Barn]
- Beamsley
- Birkby [Hall]
- Bogeuurde
- Bolton [Abbey]
- Bolton [by Bowland]
The Meaning of the Name
The name Starbotton 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 Starbotton.
Listed Buildings Near Starbotton
Historic England records 13 listed buildings within about a mile of Starbotton. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.
Grade II
- Lilac Cottage - 0.34 km
- Box Tree Cottage - 0.35 km
- Peace Cottage - 0.39 km
- Coates Lane Farmhouse - 0.41 km
- Beck Cottage - 0.41 km
- Post House - 0.41 km
- Cam Cottage Wellside - 0.41 km
- K6 Telephone Kiosk, Starbotton - 0.42 km
- Fox and Hounds Public House - 0.45 km
- Home Farmhouse - 0.46 km
- Beckside - 0.47 km
- Hill Top House - 0.55 km
- Crag Farmhouse - 0.58 km
Scheduled Monuments Near Starbotton
Scheduled monuments are nationally important archaeological sites given legal protection. 1 lies within roughly a mile of Starbotton:
Starbotton Today
Today Starbotton lies within the administrative area of Kettlewell with Starbotton.
Read more about modern Starbotton on Wikipedia .
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
- Kettlewell - 2.8 km SE
- Arncliffe - 3.6 km SW
- Hawkswick - 4.0 km S
- Litton - 5.0 km W
- Hubberholme - 5.0 km NW
- Kilnsey - 7.3 km S
Heritage Around Starbotton
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.
© Allan Friswell · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Chris Heaton · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Alex Cameron · 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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