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Little Woolton in the Domesday Book (1086)

Little Woolton is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of [West] Derby in Cheshire.

Other Settlements in [West] Derby

The Meaning of the Name

The name Little Woolton 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? Hallam in the Domesday Book (1086)

Little? Hallam appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Morleystone in Derbyshire.

Other Settlements in Morleystone

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Little? Hallam 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? Longstone in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Little? Longstone, entered under the hundred of Blackwell in Derbyshire.

Other Settlements in Blackwell

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Little? Longstone 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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Littleover in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Littleover, entered under the hundred of Litchurch in Derbyshire.

Other Settlements in Litchurch

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Littleover 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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Littlethorpe in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Littlethorpe, entered under the hundred of Burghshire in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Burghshire

The Meaning of the Name

The name Littlethorpe is of Scandinavian origin. Its final element derives from the Old Norse word þorp, an outlying or secondary farmstead, while the first element appears to represent the lesser. Taken together the name probably meant something close to ’the lesser outlying farm’.

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Littleworth in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Strafforth

The Meaning of the Name

The name Littleworth is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word worð, an enclosure or homestead, while the first element appears to represent the lesser. Taken together the name probably meant something close to ’the lesser enclosure’.

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Litton in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Litton, entered under the hundred of Blackwell in Derbyshire.

Other Settlements in Blackwell

The Meaning of the Name

The name Litton 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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Litton in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Craven

The Meaning of the Name

The name Litton 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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Liversedge in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Liversedge, entered under the hundred of Morley in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Morley

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Liversedge 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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