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Poulton Hall in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Poulton Hall, entered under the hundred of Amounderness in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Poulton Hall at 1 carucate of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Poulton Hall supported a recorded population of 2 villagers, 4 smallholders, 4 slaves, working 2 ploughs between them.

The drop in value is hard to miss. Before 1066, Poulton Hall was worth 2 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 1.5 shillings – a fall of 25%. 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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Poulton in the Domesday Book (1086)

Poulton is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Duddeston in Cheshire. The survey assessed Poulton at 1.6 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Poulton supported a recorded population of 8 villagers, 6 freemanmen, working 4 ploughs between them.

By 1086 Poulton was worth 2 shillings, up from 15d before the Conquest – in contrast to many Yorkshire neighbours whose valuations collapsed.

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Poulton Lancelyn in the Domesday Book (1086)

Poulton Lancelyn is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Willaston in Cheshire.

Other Settlements in Willaston

The Meaning of the Name

The name Poulton Lancelyn 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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Poulton le Fylde and Little Poulton in the Domesday Book (1086)

Poulton le Fylde and Little Poulton 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 Poulton le Fylde and Little Poulton 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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Preesall in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Preesall, entered under the hundred of Amounderness in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Amounderness

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Preesall 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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Preese Hall in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Preese Hall, entered under the hundred of Amounderness in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Amounderness

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Preese 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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Prenton in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Prenton, entered under the hundred of Willaston in Cheshire.

Other Settlements in Willaston

The Meaning of the Name

The name Prenton 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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Prestatyn in the Domesday Book (1086)

Prestatyn is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Ati’s Cross in Cheshire.

Other Settlements in Ati’s Cross

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Prestatyn 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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Prestby in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Langbaurgh

The Meaning of the Name

The name Prestby 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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