Cawton

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Cawton is a hamlet in North Yorkshire

Parish/Community: Cawton
District/Borough: Ryedale
County: North Yorkshire
Region: Yorkshire and The Humber

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 54°10'56"N 1°0'55"W
Eastings/Northings: 464358, 476724
OS Grid: SE643767
Mapcode Local: GBR PNB2.ZJ
Mapcode Global: WHFB5.C4QM

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

Cawton in historic gazetteers

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

Cawton, township, Gilling par., North-Riding Yorkshire, 5 miles S. of Helmsley, 1056 ac., pop. 67.

Cawton in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Solomon; Thorbrand son of Karli
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hugh son of Baldric
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Gerard of Boltby (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 4 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 16 shillings in 1066; £1 in 1086
- Households: 3 villagers
- Meadow: 4 acres
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Waltheof
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Mortain
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Count of Mortain
- Taxable Value: 3 geld

British Place Names

Cawton, North Yorkshire

Cawton is a hamlet in North Yorkshire

Cawton in historic gazetteers

Cawton in the Domesday Book