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Leftwich in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Middlewich

The Meaning of the Name

The name Leftwich is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word wīc, a dwelling or (in Cheshire) a salt-working settlement. 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 salt town’.

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Legge in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Legge is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, 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 Legge 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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Leidtorp in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Leidtorp is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Dic in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Leidtorp at 1 carucate of taxable land.

The survey records Leidtorp’s value at 1 shilling 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 Dic

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Leidtorp 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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Leighton in the Domesday Book (1086)

Leighton appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Hamestan in Cheshire.

Other Settlements in Hamestan

The Meaning of the Name

The name Leighton 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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Leighton in the Domesday Book (1086)

Leighton appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Willaston in Cheshire.

Other Settlements in Willaston

The Meaning of the Name

The name Leighton 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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Lelley Dyke in the Domesday Book (1086)

Lelley Dyke is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Holderness [Middle Hundred] in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Holderness [Middle Hundred]

The Meaning of the Name

The name Lelley Dyke 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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Leppington in the Domesday Book (1086)

Leppington is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Acklam in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Leppington at 18.5 carucates of taxable land.

The survey records Leppington’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.

The Domesday survey records Leppington as waste - uninhabited and unproductive. In Yorkshire, this designation most often reflects the Harrying of the North of 1069–70, when William I’s forces destroyed crops, livestock, and communities across the county to crush rebellion. Whether Leppington recovered in subsequent decades is not recorded.

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Lepton in the Domesday Book (1086)

Lepton appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Agbrigg in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Agbrigg

The Meaning of the Name

The name Lepton 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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Leuetat in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Craven

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Leuetat 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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