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Marton in Cleveland in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Marton in Cleveland is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Langbaurgh in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Marton in Cleveland at 6 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Marton in Cleveland supported a recorded population of 9 villagers, working 4 ploughs between them.

The valuation dropped between 1066 and 1086. Before 1066, Marton in Cleveland was worth 2 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 1 shilling – 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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Marton in the Domesday Book (1086)

Marton appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Burghshire in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Marton at 10 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Marton supported a recorded population of 6 villagers, 10 smallholders, 3 slaves, working 6 ploughs between them.

The numbers record a sharp fall. Before 1066, Marton was worth 10 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 3.5 shillings – a fall of 65%. 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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Marton in the Domesday Book (1086)

Marton 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 name Marton 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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Marton in the Domesday Book (1086)

Marton 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 Marton 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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Marton in the Domesday Book (1086)

Marton appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Holderness [Middle Hundred] in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Holderness [Middle Hundred]

The Meaning of the Name

The name Marton 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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Marton in the Domesday Book (1086)

Marton appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Hunthow in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Hunthow

The Meaning of the Name

The name Marton 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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Marton in the Forest in the Domesday Book (1086)

Marton in the Forest appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Bulford in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Bulford

The Meaning of the Name

The name Marton in the Forest 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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Masham in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Masham, 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 Masham 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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Matlock Bridge? in the Domesday Book (1086)

Matlock Bridge? 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 name Matlock Bridge? is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word hrycg, a ridge. 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 ridge’.

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