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Horton in Ribblesdale in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Horton in Ribblesdale is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Craven in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Horton in Ribblesdale at 0.2 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Horton in Ribblesdale supported a recorded population of 1 villager, 5 smallholders, 1 slave, working 2 ploughs between them.

The survey records Horton in Ribblesdale’s value at 10d 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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Horton in the Domesday Book (1086)

Horton appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Craven in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Craven

The Meaning of the Name

The name Horton 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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Hoseley in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Exestan

The Meaning of the Name

The name Hoseley 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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Hotham in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Hotham, entered under the hundred of Cave in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Cave

The Meaning of the Name

The name Hotham 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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Houghton in the Domesday Book (1086)

Houghton appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Weighton in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Weighton

The Meaning of the Name

The name Houghton 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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Hoveton in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Hoveton, entered under the hundred of Maneshou in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Hoveton at 11 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Hoveton supported a recorded population of 18 villagers, 5 smallholders, 4 slaves, working 7 ploughs between them.

The drop in value is hard to miss. Before 1066, Hoveton was worth 9 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 8.75 shillings – a fall of 2%. 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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Hovingham in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Maneshou

The Meaning of the Name

The name Hovingham 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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How Hill in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

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The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name How Hill 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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Howden in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Howden

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Howden 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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