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Nether and Over Haddon in the Domesday Book (1086)

Nether and Over Haddon is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Blackwell in Derbyshire.

Other Settlements in Blackwell

The Meaning of the Name

The name Nether and Over Haddon is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word dūn, a hill. 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 hill’.

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Nether and Over Kellet in the Domesday Book (1086)

Nether and Over Kellet 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 Kellet 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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Nether and Over Peover in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Nether and Over Peover, entered under the hundred of Tunendune in Cheshire.

Other Settlements in Tunendune

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Nether and Over Peover 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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Nether and Over Pool in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Nether and Over Pool is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Willaston in Cheshire.

Other Settlements in Willaston

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Nether and Over Pool 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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Nether and Upper Hurst in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Nether and Upper Hurst is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Blackwell in Derbyshire.

Other Settlements in Blackwell

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Nether and Upper Hurst 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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Nether and Upper Pilsley in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Nether and Upper Pilsley is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Scarsdale in Derbyshire.

Other Settlements in Scarsdale

The Meaning of the Name

The name Nether and Upper Pilsley 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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Nether or Over Seal in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Nether or Over Seal, entered under the hundred of Goscote in LEC.

Other Settlements in Goscote

  • Allexton
  • Alton
  • Anstey
  • Appleby
  • Appleby [Parva]
  • Asfordby
  • Ashby [-de-la-Zouch]
  • Ashby [Folville]
  • Barkby
  • Barrow [-upon-Soar]
  • Barsby
  • Beeby
  • Belgrave
  • Birstall

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Nether or Over Seal 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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Nether Poppleton in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Ainsty

The Meaning of the Name

The name Nether Poppleton 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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Nether Silton in the Domesday Book (1086)

Nether Silton is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Allerton in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Allerton

The Meaning of the Name

The name Nether Silton 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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