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Higher and Lower Penwortham in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Higher and Lower Penwortham, entered under the hundred of Leyland in Cheshire.

Other Settlements in Leyland

The Meaning of the Name

The name Higher and Lower Penwortham is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word hām, a homestead 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 homestead’.

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Higher and Lower Shurlach in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Higher and Lower Shurlach is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Middlewich in Cheshire.

Other Settlements in Middlewich

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Higher and Lower Shurlach 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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Higher and Lower Whitley in the Domesday Book (1086)

Higher and Lower Whitley appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Bucklow in Cheshire.

Other Settlements in Bucklow

The Meaning of the Name

The name Higher and Lower Whitley 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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Hildenley Hall in the Domesday Book (1086)

Hildenley Hall is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Bulford in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Hildenley Hall at 50 carucates of taxable land.

Most significantly, Hildenley Hall is recorded as waste in 1086 - land rendered uninhabitable and valueless. Before the Conquest, the settlement had been assessed at 24 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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Hilderthorpe in the Domesday Book (1086)

Hilderthorpe appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Hunthow in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Hunthow

The Meaning of the Name

The name Hilderthorpe is of Scandinavian origin. Its final element derives from the Old Norse word þorp, an outlying or secondary farmstead. 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 outlying farm’.

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Hillam in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Amounderness

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Hillam 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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Hillgrips in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Dic

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Hillgrips 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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Hilston in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Hilston is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Holderness [South Hundred] in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Holderness [South Hundred]

The Meaning of the Name

The name Hilston 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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Hilton in the Domesday Book (1086)

Hilton appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Appletree in Derbyshire.

Other Settlements in Appletree

The Meaning of the Name

The name Hilton 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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