Woodplumpton in the Domesday Book (1086)
Woodplumpton appears in the Domesday Book of 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 name Woodplumpton 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 wood. Taken together the name probably meant something close to ’the wood farmstead’.
Remarkably, the name has changed little since 1086, when the Domesday scribes wrote it as Woodplumpton.
Listed Buildings Near Woodplumpton
Historic England records 11 listed buildings within about a mile of Woodplumpton. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.
Grade II*
- Church of St Anne - 0.34 km
Grade II
- Sundial Circa 20 Metres South of West End of Church of St Anne - 0.33 km
- Gateway at South Side of Churchyard of Church of St Anne - 0.34 km
- Mounting Block Circa 5 Metres South of Lychgate to Church of St Anne - 0.36 km
- Stocks Circa 5 Metres South of Lychgate to Church of St Anne - 0.36 km
- Church House Farmhouse - 0.37 km
- Cuckstool Farmhouse - 0.46 km
- South View - 0.75 km
- Ambrose Hall - 0.84 km
- Lancaster Canal Bridge Number 34 Whinnyfield Bridge - 0.87 km
- Bell Fold Bridge Lancaster Canal Bridge Number 35 - 1.26 km
Woodplumpton Today
Today Woodplumpton lies within the administrative area of Preston, and the settlement recorded a population of 4,347 at the 2021 census. Nine and a half centuries separate that figure from the small rural community the Domesday survey recorded here in 1086.
Read more about modern Woodplumpton on Wikipedia .
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
- Newsham - 2.8 km NE
- Broughton - 3.0 km E
- Salwick Hall - 3.6 km SW
- Barton - 3.6 km NE
- Threlfall’s Farm - 4.1 km E
- Lea - 4.1 km S
Heritage Around [Wood]plumpton
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.
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© Alexander P Kapp · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© 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.
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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