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Morton upon Swale in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Morton upon Swale, entered under the hundred of Land of Count Alan in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Morton upon Swale at 11 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Morton upon Swale supported a recorded population of 10 villagers, 12 smallholders, 8 slaves, working 16 ploughs between them.

By 1086 Morton upon Swale was worth 7 shillings, up from 6 shillings before the Conquest – which sets it apart from the many nearby villages left waste or devalued.

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Mortun in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Bulford

The Meaning of the Name

The name Mortun 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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Mortune in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Mortune, entered under the hundred of Skyrack in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Skyrack

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Mortune 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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Mosborough in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Mosborough, entered under the hundred of Scarsdale in Derbyshire. The survey assessed Mosborough at 83 carucates of taxable land.

Most significantly, Mosborough is recorded as waste in 1086 - land rendered uninhabitable and valueless. Before the Conquest, the settlement had been assessed at 40 shillings; by 1086 that value had collapsed entirely. This pattern - prosperity before 1066, devastation by 1086 - is the unmistakable signature of the Harrying of the North , William I’s campaign of systematic destruction across Yorkshire in 1069–70.

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Mostyn in the Domesday Book (1086)

Mostyn 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 Mostyn 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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Mottram St Andrew in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Mottram St Andrew is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Hamestan in Cheshire.

Other Settlements in Hamestan

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Mottram St Andrew 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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Moulton in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Moulton, 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 Moulton 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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Moulton in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Moulton, entered under the hundred of Middlewich in Cheshire. The survey assessed Moulton at 2 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Moulton supported a recorded population of 6 villagers, 3 smallholders, 4 slaves, working 5 ploughs between them.

By 1086 Moulton was worth 1 shilling, up from 12d before the Conquest – which sets it apart from the many nearby villages left waste or devalued.

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Mount Grace in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Allerton

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Mount Grace 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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