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Pocklington in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Pocklington

The Meaning of the Name

The name Pocklington 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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Pockthorpe in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Pockthorpe, entered under the hundred of Torbar in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Pockthorpe at 56.6 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Pockthorpe supported a recorded population of 39 villagers, 3 smallholders, 11 freemanmen, working 22 ploughs between them.

The drop in value is hard to miss. Before 1066, Pockthorpe was worth 20 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 13 shillings – a fall of 35%. 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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Pool in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Skyrack

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Pool 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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Poole in the Domesday Book (1086)

Poole appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Warmundestrou in Cheshire.

Other Settlements in Warmundestrou

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Poole 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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Popletone in the Domesday Book (1086)

Popletone appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Burghshire in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Burghshire

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Popletone 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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Portington in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Howden

The Meaning of the Name

The name Portington 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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Potlocks in the Domesday Book (1086)

Potlocks appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Litchurch in Derbyshire.

Other Settlements in Litchurch

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Potlocks 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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Potter Brompton in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Burton

The Meaning of the Name

The name Potter 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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Potterton in the Domesday Book (1086)

Potterton is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Skyrack in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Skyrack

The Meaning of the Name

The name Potterton 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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