Wart in the Domesday Book (1086)
Wart is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Amounderness in Yorkshire.
Other Settlements in Amounderness
- Aighton
- Aldcliffe
- Aldingham
- Arkholme
- Aschebi
- Ashton [Hall]
- Ashton [on Ribble]
- Austwick
- Barbon
- Bardsea
- Bare
- Barnoldswick
- Barton
- Beetham
The Meaning of the Name
The origin of the name Wart is not securely established from its modern form alone; like many settlement names in the North it likely combines an Old English or Old Norse personal name with a landscape term.
Remarkably, the name has changed little since 1086, when the Domesday scribes wrote it as Wart.
Listed Buildings Near Wart
Historic England records 63 listed buildings within about a mile of Wart. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.
Grade II
- The Clarence Inn - 0.41 km
- Lime Kiln at Ngr 2321 7468 - 0.43 km
- Seventh Day Adventist Church With Attached Railings - 0.43 km
- 2-8, Ulverston Road - 0.49 km
- 16 and 16A, Tudor Square - 0.51 km
- 148, 150 and 152, Market Street - 0.54 km
- 18, 19 and 20 Tudor Square - 0.54 km
- Cornerstone House - 0.69 km
- Number 96 and Front Garden Wall - 0.7 km
- Beckside Conservative Club - 0.73 km
- Outbuildings to Rear of Former Local Board Offices - 0.74 km
- Dalton Public Library - 0.75 km
- Natwest Bank and Bank Chambers - 0.76 km
- Former Local Board Offices - 0.76 km
- Chappells Tavern - 0.77 km
- War Memorial - 0.78 km
- Former Weslyan Sunday School - 0.79 km
- 54, Market Street - 0.84 km
- Ashburner House at Dowdales School - 0.84 km
- 47, 49 and 51, Market Street - 0.86 km
- Empire House - 0.87 km
- 33, Market Street - 0.89 km
- 46, Market Street - 0.9 km
- 44, Market Street - 0.9 km
…and 39 more listed structures in the area.
Scheduled Monuments Near Wart
Scheduled monuments are nationally important archaeological sites given legal protection. 1 lies within roughly a mile of Wart:
- Dalton Castle - 1.1 km
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
- Dalton in Furness - 0.0 km N
- Killerwick - 1.0 km W
- Orgrave - 1.0 km N
- Stainton - 2.2 km SE
- Bolton Farm - 2.8 km SE
- Martin - 3.2 km N
Heritage Around Wart
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.
© Ian Taylor · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Ruth Riddle · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© nick macneill · 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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