Weeton in the Domesday Book (1086)
The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Weeton, entered under the hundred of Holderness [South Hundred] in Yorkshire.
Other Settlements in Holderness [South Hundred]
- Andrebi
- Burstwick
- Camerton [Hall]
- Dimlington
- Easington
- Grimston
- Halsham
- Hilston
- Hollym
- Holmpton
- Keyingham
- Kilnsea
- Monkwith
- Newton [Garth]
The Meaning of the Name
The name Weeton 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 Weeton.
Weeton Today
Today Weeton lies within the administrative area of Welwick.
Read more about modern Weeton on Wikipedia .
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
- Welwick - 1.4 km NW
- Rysome Garth - 2.2 km NE
- Out Newton - 3.2 km E
- Thorpe Hill - 3.2 km W
- Holmpton - 3.2 km N
- Dimlington - 4.0 km E
Heritage Around Weeton
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.
© Richard Croft · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Paul Glazzard · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Paul Glazzard · 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.
Location
53.6632°N, 0.0509°E · Holderness [South Hundred] hundred, Yorkshire
View larger map on OpenStreetMap →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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