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Meltonby in the Domesday Book (1086)

Meltonby is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Warter in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Meltonby at 1 carucate of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Meltonby supported a recorded population of 1 villager, 3 slaves, working 2 ploughs between them.

By 1086 Meltonby was worth 12d, up from 5d before the Conquest – in contrast to many Yorkshire neighbours whose valuations collapsed.

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Menethorpe in the Domesday Book (1086)

Menethorpe is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Acklam in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Menethorpe at 1 carucate of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Menethorpe supported a recorded population of 4 villagers, 4 smallholders, 1 slave, working 1 plough between them.

The survey records Menethorpe’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.

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Menston in the Domesday Book (1086)

Menston is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Skyrack in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Menston at 0.2 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Menston supported a recorded population of 1 villager, 1 slave.

The survey records Menston’s value at 10d 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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Mercaston in the Domesday Book (1086)

Mercaston is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Litchurch in Derbyshire. The survey assessed Mercaston at 5.5 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Mercaston supported a recorded population of 50 villagers, 3 smallholders, working 12 ploughs between them.

Something went badly wrong here between the two surveys. Before 1066, Mercaston was worth 30 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 20 shillings – a fall of 33%. 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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Mere in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Mere is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Tunendune in Cheshire.

Other Settlements in Tunendune

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Mere 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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Mertyn in the Domesday Book (1086)

Mertyn appears in the Domesday Book 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 Mertyn 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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Methley in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

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The Meaning of the Name

The name Methley 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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Mexborough in the Domesday Book (1086)

Mexborough appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Strafforth in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Strafforth

The Meaning of the Name

The name Mexborough is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word burh, a fortified place. 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 stronghold’.

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Mickle Trafford in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Mickle Trafford, entered under the hundred of Willaston in Cheshire. The survey assessed Mickle Trafford at 2.5 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Mickle Trafford supported a recorded population of 7 villagers, 1 smallholder, 1 slave, 5 freemanmen, working 4 ploughs between them.

The survey puts Mickle Trafford’s value at 13d, the same as before the Conquest. Unchanged valuations are relatively rare in the North, where disruption was widespread.

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