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Old Lindley in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Morley

The Meaning of the Name

The name Old Lindley 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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Old Malton in the Domesday Book (1086)

Old Malton appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Maneshou in Yorkshire.

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The Meaning of the Name

The name Old Malton 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 Sunderlandwick in the Domesday Book (1086)

Old Sunderlandwick appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Driffield in Yorkshire.

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The Meaning of the Name

The name Old Sunderlandwick 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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Old Thornville Hall in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Old Thornville Hall, entered under the hundred of Burghshire in Yorkshire.

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The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Old Thornville Hall 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 Tupton in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

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The Meaning of the Name

The name Old Tupton 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 Whittington in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

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The Meaning of the Name

The name Old Whittington 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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Ollerton in the Domesday Book (1086)

Ollerton appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Bucklow in Cheshire. The survey assessed Ollerton at 4.5 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Ollerton supported a recorded population of 8 smallholders, 15 freemanmen, working 4 ploughs between them.

The survey lists 2 manors at Ollerton under different lords. Splitting a single settlement between multiple tenants was common across the North – Saxon estates broken up and handed to William’s followers after 1066.

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One Ash in the Domesday Book (1086)

One Ash is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Blackwell in Derbyshire.

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The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name One Ash 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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Onesacre in the Domesday Book (1086)

Onesacre appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Strafforth in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Strafforth

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Onesacre 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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