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Halton appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Amounderness in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Halton at 6 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Halton supported a recorded population of 16 villagers, working 12 ploughs between them.

The numbers record a sharp fall. Before 1066, Halton was worth 6 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 4 shillings – a fall of 33%. 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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Halton in the Domesday Book (1086)

Halton appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Skyrack in Yorkshire.

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The Meaning of the Name

The name Halton 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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Halton in the Domesday Book (1086)

Halton appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Tunendune in Cheshire.

Other Settlements in Tunendune

The Meaning of the Name

The name Halton 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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Hambleton in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Amounderness

The Meaning of the Name

The name Hambleton 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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Hambleton in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Hambleton, entered under the hundred of Barkston in Yorkshire.

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The Meaning of the Name

The name Hambleton 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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Hammerton Hall in the Domesday Book (1086)

Hammerton Hall is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Craven in Yorkshire.

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The Meaning of the Name

The name Hammerton Hall 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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Hamphall Stubbs in the Domesday Book (1086)

Hamphall Stubbs appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Osgodcross in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Osgodcross

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Hamphall Stubbs 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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Hampole in the Domesday Book (1086)

Hampole is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Strafforth in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Strafforth

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Hampole 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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Hampton in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Hampton, entered under the hundred of Duddeston in Cheshire. The survey assessed Hampton at 3 carucates of taxable land.

Most significantly, Hampton is recorded as waste in 1086 - land rendered uninhabitable and valueless. Before the Conquest, the settlement had been assessed at 10d; by 1086 that value had collapsed entirely. This pattern - prosperity before 1066, devastation by 1086 - is the unmistakable signature of the Harrying of the North , William I’s campaign of systematic destruction across Yorkshire in 1069–70.

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