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Misperton in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Misperton, entered under the hundred of Maneshou in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Misperton at 20 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Misperton supported a recorded population of 42 villagers, 10 smallholders, working 47 ploughs between them.

The survey records Misperton’s value at 21 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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Mobberley in the Domesday Book (1086)

Mobberley is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Bucklow in Cheshire.

Other Settlements in Bucklow

The Meaning of the Name

The name Mobberley 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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Molescroft in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

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The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Molescroft 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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Mollington in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Mollington, entered under the hundred of Willaston in Cheshire.

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The Meaning of the Name

The name Mollington 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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Monk Bretton in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Monk Bretton 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 Monk Bretton 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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Monk Hay Stile in the Domesday Book (1086)

Monk Hay Stile is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Barkston in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Monk Hay Stile at 5 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Monk Hay Stile supported a recorded population of 3 smallholders, 1 slave, working 2 ploughs between them.

The survey records Monk Hay Stile’s value at 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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Monkwith in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Monkwith, entered under the hundred of Holderness [South Hundred] in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Monkwith at 1 carucate of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Monkwith supported a recorded population of 5 villagers, 5 smallholders, working 3 ploughs between them.

The drop in value is hard to miss. Before 1066, Monkwith was worth 2 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 1.5 shillings – a fall of 25%. 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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Monyash in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

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The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Monyash 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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Moor Monkton in the Domesday Book (1086)

Moor Monkton appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Ainsty in Yorkshire.

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The Meaning of the Name

The name Moor Monkton 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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