Swaythorpe in the Domesday Book (1086)
Swaythorpe is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Burton in Yorkshire.
Other Settlements in Burton
- Binnington
- Boythorpe
- Burton [Agnes]
- Butterwick
- Carnaby
- Fornetorp
- Ganton
- Gransmoor
- Haisthorpe
- Harpham
- Kilham
- Langtoft
- Lowthorpe
- Octon
The Meaning of the Name
The name Swaythorpe is of Scandinavian origin. Its final element derives from the Old Norse word þorp, an outlying or secondary farmstead. 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 outlying farm’.
Names of this type are a fingerprint of Scandinavian settlement: they cluster across the old Danelaw, where Norse-speaking settlers renamed or founded villages from the late 9th century onward.
Remarkably, the name has changed little since 1086, when the Domesday scribes wrote it as Swaythorpe.
Listed Buildings Near Swaythorpe
Historic England records 1 listed building within about a mile of Swaythorpe. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.
Grade II*
- The Old Farmhouse, Glebe Farm - 0.56 km
Scheduled Monuments Near Swaythorpe
Scheduled monuments are nationally important archaeological sites given legal protection. 2 lie within roughly a mile of Swaythorpe:
- Swaythorpe medieval settlement - 0.49 km
- Deserted village of Octon - 0.6 km
Swaythorpe Today
Today Swaythorpe lies within the administrative area of Thwing.
Read more about modern Octon on Wikipedia .
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
Heritage Around Swaythorpe
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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© Stephen Horncastle · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© JThomas · 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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