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North Cowton in the Domesday Book (1086)

North Cowton is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, 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 North Cowton 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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North Dalton in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Warter

The Meaning of the Name

The name North Dalton 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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North Duffield in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of North Duffield, entered under the hundred of Howden in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Howden

The Meaning of the Name

The name North Duffield 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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North Elmsall in the Domesday Book (1086)

North Elmsall appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Osgodcross in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Osgodcross

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name North Elmsall 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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North Ferriby in the Domesday Book (1086)

North Ferriby appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Hessle in Yorkshire. The survey assessed North Ferriby at 1.5 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, North Ferriby supported a recorded population of 4 smallholders, 3 slaves, working 1 plough between them.

The survey records North Ferriby’s value at 2.1 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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North Frodingham in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of North Frodingham, entered under the hundred of Holderness [North Hundred] in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Holderness [North Hundred]

The Meaning of the Name

The name North Frodingham is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word hām, a homestead 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 homestead’.

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North Grimston in the Domesday Book (1086)

North Grimston is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Scard in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Scard

The Meaning of the Name

The name North Grimston 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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North Holme House in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of North Holme House 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 origin of the name North Holme House 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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North Kilvington in the Domesday Book (1086)

North Kilvington appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Yarlestre in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Yarlestre

The Meaning of the Name

The name North Kilvington 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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