Wolfreton in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Hessle

• Anlaby
• Breighton
• Bubwith
• Chetelestorp
• Chrachetorp
• Crachetorp
• Gunby
• Hessle
• Lund
• Myton
• Newsholme
• Riplingham
• Siuuarbi
• Spaldington

The Meaning of the Name

The name Wolfreton 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 Wolfreton.

Listed Buildings Near Wolfreton

Historic England records 6 listed buildings within about a mile of Wolfreton. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II

• Springhead Pumping Station - 0.56 km
• The Old Hall - 0.57 km
• Anlaby House - 1.0 km
• Gates, Gate Piers and Flanking Walls to Anlaby House - 1.02 km
• Wolfreton House - 1.12 km
• Stable Block at Wolfreton House - 1.13 km

Nearby Domesday Settlements

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

• Kirk Ella - 1.0 km W
• Willerby - 1.0 km N
• Anlaby - 1.0 km S
• Chrachetorp - 3.0 km S
• Crachetorp - 3.0 km S
• Hessle - 3.0 km S