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Nether Tabley in the Domesday Book (1086)

Nether Tabley 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 Nether Tabley 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 Timble in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Skyrack

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Nether Timble 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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Netherleigh in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Netherleigh, entered under the hundred of Chester in Cheshire. The survey assessed Netherleigh at 143 carucates of taxable land.

Most significantly, Netherleigh is recorded as waste in 1086 - land rendered uninhabitable and valueless. Before the Conquest, the settlement had been assessed at 82 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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Neuhuse in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Neuhuse, entered under the hundred of Barkston in Yorkshire.

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The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Neuhuse 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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Neuson in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Sneculfcros

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Neuson 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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Neutone in the Domesday Book (1086)

Neutone is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Land of Count Alan in Yorkshire.

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The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Neutone 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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Newbold and Upper Newbold in the Domesday Book (1086)

Newbold and Upper Newbold appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Scarsdale in Derbyshire. The survey assessed Newbold and Upper Newbold at 3 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Newbold and Upper Newbold supported a recorded population of 12 villagers, 2 smallholders, 8 slaves, working 5 ploughs between them.

The survey records Newbold and Upper Newbold’s value at 3 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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Newbold Astbury in the Domesday Book (1086)

Newbold Astbury appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Middlewich in Cheshire. The survey assessed Newbold Astbury at 0.2 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Newbold Astbury supported a recorded population of 2 villagers, working 1 plough between them.

The survey records Newbold Astbury’s value at 5d 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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Newhall Grange in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Strafforth

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Newhall Grange 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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