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Offerton in the Domesday Book (1086)

Offerton appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Blackwell in Derbyshire.

Other Settlements in Blackwell

The Meaning of the Name

The name Offerton 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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Oglethorpe Hall in the Domesday Book (1086)

Oglethorpe Hall appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Barkston in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Barkston

The Meaning of the Name

The name Oglethorpe Hall is of Scandinavian origin. Its final element derives from the Old Norse word þorp, an outlying or secondary farmstead. 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 outlying farm’.

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Ogston in the Domesday Book (1086)

Ogston is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Scarsdale in Derbyshire.

Other Settlements in Scarsdale

The Meaning of the Name

The name Ogston 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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Old Boulby in the Domesday Book (1086)

Old Boulby is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Langbaurgh in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Old Boulby at 3.8 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Old Boulby supported a recorded population of 40 smallholders, 1 slave, 35 freemanmen, working 5 ploughs between them.

The survey records Old Boulby’s value at 3.6 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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Old Brampton in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Old Brampton, entered under the hundred of Scarsdale in Derbyshire.

Other Settlements in Scarsdale

The Meaning of the Name

The name Old Brampton 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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Old Byland in the Domesday Book (1086)

Old Byland appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Yarlestre in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Old Byland at 2 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Old Byland supported a recorded population of 23 villagers, 4 smallholders, working 9 ploughs between them.

By 1086 Old Byland was worth 4 shillings, up from 3 shillings before the Conquest – one of the few settlements in the area to hold its value through the upheaval.

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Old Edlington in the Domesday Book (1086)

Old Edlington is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Strafforth in Yorkshire.

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The Meaning of the Name

The name Old Edlington 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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Old Glossop in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Old Glossop, entered under the hundred of Blackwell in Derbyshire.

Other Settlements in Blackwell

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Old Glossop 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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Old Hutton in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

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The Meaning of the Name

The name Old Hutton 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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