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Nafferton in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Torbar

The Meaning of the Name

The name Nafferton 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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Nantwich in the Domesday Book (1086)

Nantwich is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Warmundestrou in Cheshire. The survey assessed Nantwich at 60.8 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Nantwich supported a recorded population of 224 villagers, 81 smallholders, 15 slaves, working 231 ploughs between them.

The survey records Nantwich’s value at 7d 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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Nappa in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Craven

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Nappa 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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Nawton in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Maneshou

The Meaning of the Name

The name Nawton 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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Nesfield in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Burghshire

The Meaning of the Name

The name Nesfield is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word feld, open country. 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 open land’.

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Ness in the Domesday Book (1086)

Ness appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Willaston in Cheshire.

Other Settlements in Willaston

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Ness 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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Neswick Hall in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Driffield

The Meaning of the Name

The name Neswick Hall is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word wīc, a dwelling, dairy farm or trading settlement. 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 specialised farm’.

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Nether Alderley in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Nether Alderley, entered under the hundred of Hamestan in Cheshire.

Other Settlements in Hamestan

The Meaning of the Name

The name Nether Alderley is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word lēah, a woodland clearing or glade, while the first element appears to represent the old. Taken together the name probably meant something close to ’the old clearing’.

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Nether and Over Burrow in the Domesday Book (1086)

Nether and Over Burrow appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Amounderness in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Amounderness

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Nether and Over Burrow 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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