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Opetone 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 origin of the name Opetone 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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Opetone in the Domesday Book (1086)

Opetone is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Rushton in Cheshire. The survey assessed Opetone at 6 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Opetone supported a recorded population of 25 villagers, 1 smallholder, 1 freeman, working 6 ploughs between them.

The survey puts Opetone’s value at 5d, the same as before the Conquest. Unchanged valuations are relatively rare in the North, where disruption was widespread.

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Opetune in the Domesday Book (1086)

Opetune 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 origin of the name Opetune 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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Orgrave in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Orgrave, entered under the hundred of Amounderness in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Orgrave at 4.4 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Orgrave supported a recorded population of 19 freemanmen, working 6 ploughs between them.

The survey lists 3 manors at Orgrave 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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Orgreave in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Orgreave 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 Orgreave 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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Ormesby in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Ormesby is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Langbaurgh in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Ormesby at 9 carucates of taxable land.

The valuation dropped between 1066 and 1086. Before 1066, Ormesby was worth 1.5 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 8d – a fall of 73%. Most Yorkshire villages that lost value on this scale were swept up in the Harrying of the North – William’s scorched-earth campaign of 1069–70.

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Osbaldwick in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Osbaldwick, entered under the hundred of Bulford in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Bulford

The Meaning of the Name

The name Osbaldwick 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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Osgodby in the Domesday Book (1086)

Osgodby appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Dic in Yorkshire.

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The Meaning of the Name

The name Osgodby is of Scandinavian origin. Its final element derives from the Old Norse word bý, 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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Osgodby in the Domesday Book (1086)

Osgodby appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Howden in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Howden

The Meaning of the Name

The name Osgodby is of Scandinavian origin. Its final element derives from the Old Norse word bý, 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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