Tollerton in the Domesday Book (1086)

Tollerton is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Bulford in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Bulford

• Aldwark
• Alne
• Barnby [House]
• Barton [le Willows]
• Beningbrough
• Bossall
• Brafferton
• Brandsby
• Bulmer
• Buttercrambe
• Carlton [Farm]
• Claxton
• Coneysthorpe
• Corburn

The Meaning of the Name

The name Tollerton 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 Tollerton.

Listed Buildings Near Tollerton

Historic England records 7 listed buildings within about a mile of Tollerton. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II

• Gaythorpe Wandern - 0.56 km
• Alne Cottages - 0.56 km
• Green View - 0.65 km
• Gill House - 0.67 km
• Alne Hall - 1.14 km
• Service Building of Alne Hall, to North - 1.18 km
• Plague Cross - 1.25 km

Tollerton Today

Today Tollerton lies within the administrative area of North Yorkshire, and the settlement recorded a population of 991 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 Tollerton on Wikipedia .

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

• Waruelestorp - 1.0 km E
• Youlton - 1.4 km SW
• Alne - 1.4 km NW
• Tholthorpe - 3.6 km NW
• Aldwark - 4.1 km W
• Kelsit Grange - 4.1 km E