Reighton

Other current and historical names

Righton
Ricton
Rictone

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 54°9'29"N 0°16'4"W
Eastings/Northings: 513199, 474981
OS Grid: TA131749
Mapcode Local: GBR VNKC.S5
Mapcode Global: WHHDS.VRK3

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

Reighton in historic gazetteers

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

Reighton (or Righton), coast par. and vil., East-Riding Yorkshire, 5½ miles NW. of Bridlington, 1818 ac. and 108 foreshore, pop. 254; near vil. is Reighton Hall.

Reighton in the Domesday Book

A village in Hunthow 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: Wulfgeat
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Archbishop of York
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Canons of Beverley (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 13 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; 1 shillings in 1086
- Households: 3 villagers
- Plough Teams: 1 men's plough (7 plough lands)
2nd Manor
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Gamal son of Karli; Tholf of Reighton
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
- Taxable Value: 5 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 16 shillings in 1066

British Place Names

Reighton, North Yorkshire

Reighton is a village in North Yorkshire

Reighton in historic gazetteers

Reighton in the Domesday Book