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

Other Settlements in Amounderness

The Meaning of the Name

The name Warton 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 Warton.

Listed Buildings Near Warton

Historic England records 1 listed building within about a mile of Warton. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II

204, Lytham Road - 0.61 km

Warton Today

Today Warton lies within the administrative area of Bryning-with-Warton.

Read more about modern Warton on Wikipedia .

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

Freckleton - 1.4 km NE
Ribby - 3.2 km N
Newton - 3.6 km NE
Lytham - 4.1 km W
Kirkham - 4.1 km N
Westby - 4.2 km NW

Heritage Around Warton

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.

Converted Barn - Hall Cross (2010)
© Anthony Parkes · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

The Parish Church of St Nicholas, War Memorial (2012)
© Alexander P Kapp · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

The Parish Church of the Holy Trinity, Freckleton, Graveyard (2010)
© Alexander P Kapp · 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.

Warton in the Domesday Book (1086)