Rainton

Other current and historical names

Rainton Cum Newby
Rainton With Newby

Parish/Community: Rainton with Newby
District/Borough: Harrogate
County: North Yorkshire
Region: Yorkshire and The Humber

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 54°10'19"N 1°26'2"W
Eastings/Northings: 437041, 475277
OS Grid: SE370752
Mapcode Local: GBR LNF6.96
Mapcode Global: WHD8T.YD8J

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

Rainton in historic gazetteers

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

Rainton with Newby, township, Topcliffe par., North-Riding Yorkshire, 4 miles NE. of Ripon, 1576 ac., pop. 394.

Rainton in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thorkil
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Alan
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Count Alan
- Taxable Value: 9 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1066
2nd Manor
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Arnketil son of Ulf; Erdwulf
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: William of Percy
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: William of Percy
- Taxable Value: 3 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; 2 shillings in 1086
- Households: 3 villagers
- Plough Teams: 1 men's plough (2 plough lands)
- Meadow: 4 acres

British Place Names

Rainton, North Yorkshire

Rainton is a village in North Yorkshire

Rainton in historic gazetteers

Rainton in the Domesday Book