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Hemlington in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Hemlington, entered under the hundred of Langbaurgh in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Langbaurgh

The Meaning of the Name

The name Hemlington 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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Hemsworth in the Domesday Book (1086)

Hemsworth appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Staincross in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Hemsworth at 1.3 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Hemsworth supported a recorded population of 9 smallholders, 2 slaves, working 2 ploughs between them.

The numbers record a sharp fall. Before 1066, Hemsworth was worth 2 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 1.5 shillings – a fall of 25%. 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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Henbury in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Hamestan

The Meaning of the Name

The name Henbury is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word burh, a fortified place. 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 stronghold’.

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Henderskelfe in the Domesday Book (1086)

Henderskelfe appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Bulford in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Bulford

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Henderskelfe 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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Hendrebiffa in the Domesday Book (1086)

Hendrebiffa appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Ati’s Cross in Cheshire.

Other Settlements in Ati’s Cross

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Hendrebiffa 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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Hensall in the Domesday Book (1086)

Hensall 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 Hensall 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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Hepworth in the Domesday Book (1086)

Hepworth appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Agbrigg in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Hepworth at 2.2 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Hepworth supported a recorded population of 10 villagers, 1 smallholder, 8 freemanmen, working 3 ploughs between them.

The survey records Hepworth’s value at 19d 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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Herdebi in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Herdebi is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Morleystone in Derbyshire. The survey assessed Herdebi at 1.2 carucates of taxable land.

Most significantly, Herdebi is recorded as waste in 1086 - land rendered uninhabitable and valueless. Before the Conquest, the settlement had been assessed at 5 shillings; 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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Hereford in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Hereford, entered under the hundred of Cutestornes in GLS.

Other Settlements in Cutestornes

The Meaning of the Name

The name Hereford 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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