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Ottringham in the Domesday Book (1086)

Ottringham appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Holderness [South Hundred] in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Ottringham at 9.4 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Ottringham supported a recorded population of 10 villagers, 2 smallholders, 2 slaves, working 5 ploughs between them.

The numbers record a sharp fall. Before 1066, Ottringham was worth 4.26 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 3.86 shillings – a fall of 9%. 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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Oubrough in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Holderness [Middle Hundred]

The Meaning of the Name

The name Oubrough is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word burh, a fortified place. 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 stronghold’.

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Ouduluesmersc in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Dic

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Ouduluesmersc 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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Oulston in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Yarlestre

The Meaning of the Name

The name Oulston 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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Oulton in the Domesday Book (1086)

Oulton is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Rushton in Cheshire.

Other Settlements in Rushton

The Meaning of the Name

The name Oulton 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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Ounesbi in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Ounesbi, entered under the hundred of Land of Count Alan in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Ounesbi at 12 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Ounesbi supported a recorded population of 45 villagers, 21 smallholders, 6 slaves, working 21 ploughs between them.

The survey records Ounesbi’s value at 16 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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Ousethorpe Farm in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Ousethorpe Farm, entered under the hundred of Warter in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Warter

The Meaning of the Name

The name Ousethorpe Farm 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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Ouston Farm in the Domesday Book (1086)

Ouston Farm is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Ainsty in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Ouston Farm at 10.6 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Ouston Farm supported a recorded population of 1 villager, 42 smallholders, 8 slaves, working 6 ploughs between them.

Something went badly wrong here between the two surveys. Before 1066, Ouston Farm was worth 9.75 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 8.5 shillings – a fall of 12%. 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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Out Newton in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Out Newton, entered under the hundred of Holderness [South Hundred] in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Out Newton at 6 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Out Newton supported a recorded population of 15 villagers, 20 smallholders, 7 slaves, working 8 ploughs between them.

By 1086 Out Newton was worth 12.35 shillings, up from 10 shillings before the Conquest – which sets it apart from the many nearby villages left waste or devalued.

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