Laverton

Parish/Community: Laverton
District/Borough: Harrogate
County: North Yorkshire
Region: Yorkshire and The Humber

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 54°9'18"N 1°39'7"W
Eastings/Northings: 422816, 473305
OS Grid: SE228733
Mapcode Local: GBR JNXD.38
Mapcode Global: WHC7L.LTGH

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

Laverton in historic gazetteers

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

Laverton, township, Kirkby Malzeard par., E. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, on branch of river Ure, 5½ miles NW. of Kipon, 6697ac., pop. 305.

Laverton in the Domesday Book

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

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Ulfkil; Wulfric
- Tenants in Chief in 1086: Wulfric; Ulfkil
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Wulfric; Ulfkil
- Taxable Value: 3 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 11 shillings in 1086
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough (2 plough lands)
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Gospatric son of Arnketil
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Gospatric son of Arnketil
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Gospatric son of Arnketil
- Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; 4 shillings in 1086
- Households: 1 villager; 1 smallholder
3rd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Flotmann
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 3 shillings in 1066

British Place Names

Laverton, North Yorkshire

Laverton is a village in North Yorkshire

Laverton in historic gazetteers

Laverton in the Domesday Book

Photos of Laverton