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Ingleby in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Ingleby, entered under the hundred of Walecros in Derbyshire.

Other Settlements in Walecros

The Meaning of the Name

The name Ingleby is of Scandinavian origin. Its final element derives from the Old Norse word bý, 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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Inglecroft in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Inglecroft, 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 Inglecroft 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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Inglethwaite in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Bulford

The Meaning of the Name

The name Inglethwaite is of Scandinavian origin. Its final element derives from the Old Norse word þveit, a clearing or meadow. 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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Ingleton in the Domesday Book (1086)

Ingleton 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 name Ingleton 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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Ingmanthorpe Hall in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Burghshire

The Meaning of the Name

The name Ingmanthorpe Hall 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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Ingthorpe Grange in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Ingthorpe Grange, entered under the hundred of Craven in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Ingthorpe Grange at 0.5 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Ingthorpe Grange supported a recorded population of 12 villagers, 6 smallholders, 15 slaves, working 10 ploughs between them.

The survey records Ingthorpe Grange’s value at 4 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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Inskip in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Amounderness

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Inskip 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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Irby Manor in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Allerton

The Meaning of the Name

The name Irby Manor is of Scandinavian origin. Its final element derives from the Old Norse word bý, 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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Ireby in the Domesday Book (1086)

Ireby appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Amounderness in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Amounderness

The Meaning of the Name

The name Ireby is of Scandinavian origin. Its final element derives from the Old Norse word bý, 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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