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Little Marish in the Domesday Book (1086)

Little Marish 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 origin of the name Little Marish 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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Little Middop in the Domesday Book (1086)

Little Middop is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Craven in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Craven

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Little Middop 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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Little Moorsholm in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Langbaurgh

The Meaning of the Name

The name Little Moorsholm is of Scandinavian origin. Its final element derives from the Old Norse word holmr, an island or dry ground in marsh. 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 island’.

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Little Neston in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Little Neston, entered under the hundred of Willaston in Cheshire. The survey assessed Little Neston at 5.5 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Little Neston supported a recorded population of 40 villagers, 7 smallholders, 1 slave, working 18 ploughs between them.

By 1086 Little Neston was worth 28.25 shillings, up from 28 shillings before the Conquest – which sets it apart from the many nearby villages left waste or devalued.

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Little Newton in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Little Newton 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 name Little Newton is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word tūn, a farmstead or village, while the first element appears to represent the new. Taken together the name probably meant something close to ’the new farmstead’.

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Little Ouseburn in the Domesday Book (1086)

Little Ouseburn is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Burghshire in Yorkshire.

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The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Little Ouseburn 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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Little Smeaton in the Domesday Book (1086)

Little Smeaton is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Allerton in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Allerton

The Meaning of the Name

The name Little Smeaton 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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Little Stainton in the Domesday Book (1086)

Little Stainton 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 Little Stainton is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word tūn, a farmstead or village, while the first element appears to represent stone (ON steinn). Taken together the name probably meant something close to ’the stone farmstead’.

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Little Weighton in the Domesday Book (1086)

Little Weighton is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Welton in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Welton

The Meaning of the Name

The name Little Weighton 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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