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Preston Hill in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Dic

The Meaning of the Name

The name Preston Hill 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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Preston in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Amounderness

The Meaning of the Name

The name Preston 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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Preston in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Preston, entered under the hundred of Holderness [Middle Hundred] in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Preston at 10 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Preston supported a recorded population of 5 villagers, 7 smallholders, 13 slaves, working 10 ploughs between them.

The survey records Preston’s value at 10 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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Preston Patrick in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Preston Patrick is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Amounderness in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Preston Patrick at 6.8 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Preston Patrick supported a recorded population of 13 villagers, 10 smallholders, 6 slaves, working 8 ploughs between them.

The survey records Preston Patrick’s value at 6 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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Preston Richard in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Amounderness

The Meaning of the Name

The name Preston Richard 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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Preston under Scar in the Domesday Book (1086)

Preston under Scar 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 Preston under Scar 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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Priest Hutton in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Amounderness

The Meaning of the Name

The name Priest Hutton 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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Priestcliffe in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Priestcliffe, entered under the hundred of Blackwell in Derbyshire.

Other Settlements in Blackwell

The Meaning of the Name

The name Priestcliffe is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word clif, a cliff or steep slope. 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 slope’.

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Puddington in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Puddington is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Willaston in Cheshire. The survey assessed Puddington at 3.0 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Puddington supported a recorded population of 26 villagers, 7 smallholders, working 2 ploughs between them.

The survey lists 5 manors at Puddington 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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