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Laycock in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Craven

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Laycock 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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Laysthorpe Lodge in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Laysthorpe Lodge 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 Laysthorpe Lodge 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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Laytham in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Cave

The Meaning of the Name

The name Laytham 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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Layton and Little Layton in the Domesday Book (1086)

Layton and Little Layton 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 Layton and Little Layton 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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Lazenby Hall in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Lazenby Hall 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 Lazenby Hall 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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Lazenby in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Langbaurgh

The Meaning of the Name

The name Lazenby 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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Lea in the Domesday Book (1086)

Lea 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 Lea 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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Lea in the Domesday Book (1086)

Lea 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 origin of the name Lea 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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Lea in the Domesday Book (1086)

Lea is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Willaston in Cheshire. The survey assessed Lea at 10 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Lea supported a recorded population of 7 villagers, 5 smallholders, 5 slaves, working 8 ploughs between them.

Something went badly wrong here between the two surveys. Before 1066, Lea was worth 12 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 6 shillings – a fall of 50%. 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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