West Newton Grange in the Domesday Book (1086)
West Newton Grange is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Maneshou in Yorkshire. The survey assessed West Newton Grange at 12.4 carucates of taxable land.
At the time of the survey, West Newton Grange supported a recorded population of 1 villager, 28 smallholders, 7 slaves, working 11 ploughs between them.
By 1086 West Newton Grange was worth 13 shillings, up from 11 shillings before the Conquest – in contrast to many Yorkshire neighbours whose valuations collapsed.
The survey lists 2 manors at West Newton Grange under different lords. Splitting a single settlement between multiple tenants was common across the North – Saxon estates broken up and handed to William’s followers after 1066.
Resources Recorded at West Newton Grange (1086)
- Mills: 1 mill
- Cattle: 13
- Pigs: 16
- Sheep: 336
- Horses (cobs): 6
Other Settlements in Maneshou
- Amotherby
- Ampleforth
- Appleton [le Street]
- Beadlam
- Brawby
- Broughton
- Cawton
- Coulton
- Fadmoor
- Fryton
- Gillamoor
- Gilling [East]
- Griff [Farm]
- Grimston
The Meaning of the Name
The name West Newton Grange is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word tūn, a farmstead or village, while the first element appears to represent the new. Taken together the name probably meant something close to ’the new farmstead’.
Remarkably, the name has changed little since 1086, when the Domesday scribes wrote it as West Newton Grange.
Listed Buildings Near West Newton Grange
Historic England records 2 listed buildings within about a mile of West Newton Grange. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.
Grade II
- East Newton Hall Barn and Barn Approximately 10 Metres to Rear - 0.25 km
- Milepost Approximately 400 Metres East of Stonegrave Lodge - 1.09 km
West Newton Grange Today
Today West Newton Grange lies within the administrative area of Stonegrave.
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
- East Newton - 0.0 km N
- Laysthorpe Lodge - 1.4 km SW
- Nunnington - 2.0 km E
- Oswaldkirk - 2.2 km SW
- Stonegrave - 2.2 km SE
- Harome - 3.0 km N
Heritage Around [West] Newton [Grange]
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.
© Stuart and Fiona Jackson · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Roger Smith · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Roger Smith · 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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