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Handbridge in the Domesday Book (1086)

Handbridge appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Chester in Cheshire.

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The Meaning of the Name

The name Handbridge is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word brycg, a bridge. 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 bridge’.

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Handley in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Handley is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Duddeston in Cheshire.

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The Meaning of the Name

The name Handley 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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Handley in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Handley is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Scarsdale in Derbyshire.

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The Meaning of the Name

The name Handley 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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Handsworth in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

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The Meaning of the Name

The name Handsworth 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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Hanging Grimston in the Domesday Book (1086)

Hanging Grimston appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Acklam in Yorkshire.

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The Meaning of the Name

The name Hanging Grimston 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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Hanging Heaton in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Hanging Heaton is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Morley in Yorkshire.

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The Meaning of the Name

The name Hanging Heaton 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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Hangton Hill in the Domesday Book (1086)

Hangton Hill is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Langbaurgh in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Hangton Hill at 4.5 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Hangton Hill supported a recorded population of 25 villagers, 6 smallholders, 6 slaves, working 10 ploughs between them.

The survey records Hangton Hill’s value at 14.7 shillings in 1086. No pre-Conquest figure survives – not unusual in the North, where records were disrupted by the Harrying and by the patchy coverage of the survey.

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Hangton in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

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The Meaning of the Name

The name Hangton 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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Hanlith in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Hanlith, entered under the hundred of Craven in Yorkshire.

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The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Hanlith 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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