Yokefleet in the Domesday Book (1086)
The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Yokefleet, entered under the hundred of Howden in Yorkshire.
Other Settlements in Howden
- Asselby
- Babthorpe
- Barlby
- Barmby [on the Marsh]
- Barnhill [Hall]
- Belby [House]
- Bowthorpe
- Brackenholme
- Burland [House]
- Cavil
- Cliffe
- Cotness [Hall]
- Eastrington
- Hagthorpe
The Meaning of the Name
The origin of the name Yokefleet is not securely established from its modern form alone; like many settlement names in the North it likely combines an Old English or Old Norse personal name with a landscape term.
Remarkably, the name has changed little since 1086, when the Domesday scribes wrote it as Yokefleet.
Listed Buildings Near Yokefleet
Historic England records 3 listed buildings within about a mile of Yokefleet. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.
Grade II
- Yokefleet Hall - 0.44 km
- West Lodge and Gates, Gate Piers Connecting Wall and Railings and Outer Piers Immediately to West - 0.45 km
- Home Farmhouse - 0.66 km
Scheduled Monuments Near Yokefleet
Scheduled monuments are nationally important archaeological sites given legal protection. 1 lies within roughly a mile of Yokefleet:
Yokefleet Today
Today Yokefleet lies within the administrative area of Blacktoft.
Read more about modern Yokefleet on Wikipedia .
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
- Cotness Hall - 3.0 km W
- Laxton - 3.2 km W
- Adlingfleet - 3.6 km SE
- Saltmarshe - 4.0 km W
- Kilpin - 5.4 km NW
- Eastrington - 5.8 km NW
Heritage Around Yokefleet
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.
© George Robinson · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© David Wright · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© David Wright · 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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