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Langton in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Scard

The Meaning of the Name

The name Langton 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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Langwith Lodge in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Warter

The Meaning of the Name

The name Langwith Lodge is of Scandinavian origin. Its final element derives from the Old Norse word viðr, a wood. 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 wood’.

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Larkton in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Duddeston

The Meaning of the Name

The name Larkton 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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Lartington in the Domesday Book (1086)

Lartington appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Land of Count Alan in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Lartington at 3 carucates of taxable land.

The survey records Lartington’s value at 0d 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.

Other Settlements in Land of Count Alan

The Meaning of the Name

The name Lartington 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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Lastingham in the Domesday Book (1086)

Lastingham appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Dic in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Dic

The Meaning of the Name

The name Lastingham 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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Lathom in the Domesday Book (1086)

Lathom appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of [West] Derby in Cheshire.

Other Settlements in [West] Derby

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Lathom 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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Laughton en le Morthen in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Laughton en le Morthen, entered under the hundred of Strafforth in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Strafforth

The Meaning of the Name

The name Laughton en le Morthen 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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Laverton in the Domesday Book (1086)

Laverton appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Burghshire in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Burghshire

The Meaning of the Name

The name Laverton 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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Laxton in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Howden

The Meaning of the Name

The name Laxton 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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