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Hooton Roberts in the Domesday Book (1086)

Hooton Roberts 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 name Hooton Roberts 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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Hope in the Domesday Book (1086)

Hope is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Blackwell in Derbyshire.

Other Settlements in Blackwell

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Hope 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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Hope in the Domesday Book (1086)

Hope is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Exestan in Cheshire.

Other Settlements in Exestan

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Hope 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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Hopperton in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Hopperton, entered under the hundred of Burghshire in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Burghshire

The Meaning of the Name

The name Hopperton 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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Hopton in the Domesday Book (1086)

Hopton is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Hamston in Derbyshire.

Other Settlements in Hamston

The Meaning of the Name

The name Hopton 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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Hopwell in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Hopwell, entered under the hundred of Morleystone in Derbyshire.

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The Meaning of the Name

The name Hopwell is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word wella, a spring or stream. 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 spring’.

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Horbury in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Horbury is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Agbrigg in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Horbury at 145 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Horbury supported a recorded population of 16 villagers, 6 smallholders, 3 freemanmen, working 18 ploughs between them.

Resources Recorded at Horbury (1086)

  • Churches: 2
  • Fisheries: 1
  • Meadow: 12 acres
  • Woodland: 1 * 1 leagues

Other Settlements in Agbrigg

The Meaning of the Name

The name Horbury 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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Horebodebi in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Horebodebi, entered under the hundred of Yarlestre in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Yarlestre

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Horebodebi 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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Horenbodebi in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Horenbodebi is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Yarlestre in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Horenbodebi at 4 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Horenbodebi supported a recorded population of 13 smallholders, 6 slaves, working 13 ploughs between them.

The survey records Horenbodebi’s value at 11.25 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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