Nawton

Other current and historical names

Beadlam

Built-Up Area: Nawton
Parish/Community: Nawton
District/Borough: Ryedale
County: North Yorkshire
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 54°15'15"N 0°59'39"W
Eastings/Northings: 465617, 484750
OS Grid: SE656847
Mapcode Local: GBR PMH7.JR
Mapcode Global: WHF9S.PBPH

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Nawton within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Nawton in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Nawton, townshp and vil. with ry. sta., Kirkdale par., North-Riding Yorkshire, 2½ miles N. of Kirkby Moorside, 1216 ac., pop. 350; P.O.; on rising ground, in vicinity of vil., stands the castellated mansion of Nawton Tower.

Nawton in the Domesday Book

A village in Maneshou hundred, in the county of Yorkshire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Archbishop of York St Peter
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Ulf of Carlton
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Archbishop of York
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Canons of York (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 4 geld
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thorbrand son of Karli
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Berengar of Tosny
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Berengar of Tosny
- Taxable Value: 2 geld

British Place Names

Nawton, North Yorkshire

Nawton is a village in North Yorkshire

Nawton in historic gazetteers

Nawton in the Domesday Book