Tanton in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Tanton is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 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 Tanton 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 Tanton.

Listed Buildings Near Tanton

Historic England records 9 listed buildings within about a mile of Tanton. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II

• Tanton Farmhouse - 0.26 km
• Tanton Bridge - 0.28 km
• Stable Cottage to South East of Taton Hall - 0.31 km
• Tanton Hall - 0.34 km
• Farm Buildings Ot East of Tanton Hall Farmhouse - 0.36 km
• Tanton Hall Farmhouse and Garden Wall - 0.38 km
• Bridge Over River Tame - 0.51 km
• Peaton Carr Farmhouse - 0.64 km
• Tunstall Cottage - 1.25 km

Scheduled Monuments Near Tanton

Scheduled monuments are nationally important archaeological sites given legal protection. 1 lies within roughly a mile of Tanton:

• Tunstall medieval settlement - 1.56 km

Tanton Today

Today Tanton lies within the administrative area of Stokesley.

Read more about modern Tanton on Wikipedia .

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

• Tunstall Farm - 2.0 km N
• Stokesley - 2.0 km S
• Bergolbi - 3.0 km W
• Berguluesbi - 3.0 km W
• Seamer - 3.0 km W
• Newham Hall - 3.2 km N