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Garrowby Hall in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Garrowby Hall is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Acklam in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Acklam

The Meaning of the Name

The name Garrowby Hall is of Scandinavian origin. Its final element derives from the Old Norse word bý, a farmstead or village. The first element is most likely a personal name or an early descriptive term, now difficult to recover with certainty. Taken together the name probably meant something close to ‘a farmstead’.

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Garstang in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Garstang, entered under the hundred of Amounderness in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Amounderness

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Garstang is not securely established from its modern form alone; like many settlement names in the North it likely combines an Old English or Old Norse personal name with a landscape term.

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Garton in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Garton, entered under the hundred of Holderness [Middle Hundred] in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Holderness [Middle Hundred]

The Meaning of the Name

The name Garton is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word tūn, a farmstead or village. The first element is most likely a personal name or an early descriptive term, now difficult to recover with certainty. Taken together the name probably meant something close to ‘a farmstead’.

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Garton on the Wolds in the Domesday Book (1086)

Garton on the Wolds appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Torbar in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Torbar

The Meaning of the Name

The name Garton on the Wolds is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word tūn, a farmstead or village. The first element is most likely a personal name or an early descriptive term, now difficult to recover with certainty. Taken together the name probably meant something close to ‘a farmstead’.

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Gate Fulford in the Domesday Book (1086)

Gate Fulford is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of York in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in York

The Meaning of the Name

The name Gate Fulford is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word ford, a river crossing. The first element is most likely a personal name or an early descriptive term, now difficult to recover with certainty. Taken together the name probably meant something close to ‘a ford’.

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Gate Helmsley in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Gate Helmsley, entered under the hundred of Bulford in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Bulford

The Meaning of the Name

The name Gate Helmsley is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word lēah, a woodland clearing or glade. The first element is most likely a personal name or an early descriptive term, now difficult to recover with certainty. Taken together the name probably meant something close to ‘a clearing’.

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Gatenby in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Gatenby is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Land of Count Alan in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Land of Count Alan

The Meaning of the Name

The name Gatenby is of Scandinavian origin. Its final element derives from the Old Norse word bý, a farmstead or village. The first element is most likely a personal name or an early descriptive term, now difficult to recover with certainty. Taken together the name probably meant something close to ‘a farmstead’.

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Gawsworth in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Gawsworth, entered under the hundred of Hamestan in Cheshire.

Other Settlements in Hamestan

The Meaning of the Name

The name Gawsworth is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word worð, an enclosure or homestead. The first element is most likely a personal name or an early descriptive term, now difficult to recover with certainty. Taken together the name probably meant something close to ‘a enclosure’.

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Gayton in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Gayton, entered under the hundred of Willaston in Cheshire. The survey assessed Gayton at 75.2 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Gayton supported a recorded population of 3 villagers, 1 freeman, working 1 plough between them.

The drop in value is hard to miss. Before 1066, Gayton was worth 32 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 8d – a fall of 98%. Most Yorkshire villages that lost value on this scale were swept up in the Harrying of the North – William’s scorched-earth campaign of 1069–70.

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