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Patrick Brompton in the Domesday Book (1086)

Patrick Brompton appears in the Domesday Book of 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 Patrick Brompton 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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Patrington in the Domesday Book (1086)

Patrington is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Holderness [South Hundred] in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Holderness [South Hundred]

The Meaning of the Name

The name Patrington 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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Patton Hall in the Domesday Book (1086)

Patton Hall is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Amounderness in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Amounderness

The Meaning of the Name

The name Patton Hall 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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Paull Holme in the Domesday Book (1086)

Paull Holme appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Holderness [South Hundred] in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Paull Holme at 3.8 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Paull Holme supported a recorded population of 8 villagers, 10 smallholders, 4 slaves, working 6 ploughs between them.

By 1086 Paull Holme was worth 5 shillings, up from 4 shillings before the Conquest – one of the few settlements in the area to hold its value through the upheaval.

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Paull in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Paull is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Holderness [South Hundred] in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Holderness [South Hundred]

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Paull 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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Paythorne in the Domesday Book (1086)

Paythorne appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Craven in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Craven

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Paythorne 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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Peckforton in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Peckforton is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Rushton in Cheshire.

Other Settlements in Rushton

The Meaning of the Name

The name Peckforton 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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Pen-Y-Gors in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Pen-Y-Gors in Cheshire.

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Pen-Y-Gors 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.

Remarkably, the name has changed little since 1086, when the Domesday scribes wrote it as Pen-Y-Gors.

Pen-Y-Gors Today

Today Pen-Y-Gors lies within the administrative area of Denbighshire.

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Pendleton in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Pendleton is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Blackburn in Cheshire.

Other Settlements in Blackburn

The Meaning of the Name

The name Pendleton 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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