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Low Dalby in the Domesday Book (1086)

Low Dalby appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Dic in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Low Dalby at 5 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Low Dalby supported a recorded population of 3 villagers, 14 smallholders, 8 slaves, working 6 ploughs between them.

The survey records Low Dalby’s value at 4.5 shillings 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.

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Low Hail in the Domesday Book (1086)

Low Hail appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Land of Count Alan in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Land of Count Alan

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Low Hail 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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Low Hutton in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Low Hutton, entered under the hundred of Bulford in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Bulford

The Meaning of the Name

The name Low Hutton 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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Low Mowthorpe Farm in the Domesday Book (1086)

Low Mowthorpe Farm is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Bulford in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Bulford

The Meaning of the Name

The name Low Mowthorpe Farm 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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Low Mowthorpe in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

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The Meaning of the Name

The name Low Mowthorpe 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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Low Snaygill in the Domesday Book (1086)

Low Snaygill appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Craven in Yorkshire.

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The Meaning of the Name

The name Low Snaygill is of Scandinavian origin. Its final element derives from the Old Norse word gil, a narrow ravine. 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 ravine’.

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Low Swainby in the Domesday Book (1086)

Low Swainby is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Land of Count Alan in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Land of Count Alan

The Meaning of the Name

The name Low Swainby 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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Low Worsall in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Low Worsall, entered under the hundred of Allerton in Yorkshire.

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The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Low Worsall 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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Lower and Upper Denby in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Lower and Upper Denby is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Staincross in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Staincross

The Meaning of the Name

The name Lower and Upper Denby 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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