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Rauenesholm in the Domesday Book (1086)

Rauenesholm appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Scarsdale in Derbyshire.

Other Settlements in Scarsdale

The Meaning of the Name

The name Rauenesholm is of Scandinavian origin. Its final element derives from the Old Norse word holmr, an island or dry ground in marsh. 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 island’.

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Raven Meols in the Domesday Book (1086)

Raven Meols appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of [West] Derby in Cheshire. The survey assessed Raven Meols at 26 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Raven Meols supported a recorded population of 35 villagers, 14 smallholders, working 17 ploughs between them.

By 1086 Raven Meols 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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Ravenfield in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Ravenfield is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Strafforth in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Ravenfield at 0.8 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Ravenfield supported a recorded population of 10 villagers, 3 smallholders, 6 slaves, working 6 ploughs between them.

The survey records Ravenfield’s value at 1.5 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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Ravensthorpe Manor in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Ravensthorpe Manor, entered under the hundred of Allerton in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Allerton

The Meaning of the Name

The name Ravensthorpe Manor 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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Ravenstone in the Domesday Book (1086)

Ravenstone appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Goscote in LEC.

Other Settlements in Goscote

  • Allexton
  • Alton
  • Anstey
  • Appleby
  • Appleby [Parva]
  • Asfordby
  • Ashby [-de-la-Zouch]
  • Ashby [Folville]
  • Barkby
  • Barrow [-upon-Soar]
  • Barsby
  • Beeby
  • Belgrave
  • Birstall

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Ravenstone 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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Ravensworth in the Domesday Book (1086)

Ravensworth appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Land of Count Alan in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Ravensworth at 20 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Ravensworth supported a recorded population of 42 villagers, 79 smallholders, 31 slaves, working 36 ploughs between them.

The survey records Ravensworth’s value at 40.5 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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Raventhorpe in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Sneculfcros

The Meaning of the Name

The name Raventhorpe 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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Rawcliff Banks in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Rawcliff Banks, entered under the hundred of Langbaurgh in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Langbaurgh

The Meaning of the Name

The name Rawcliff Banks 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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Rawcliffe Hall in the Domesday Book (1086)

Rawcliffe Hall appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Amounderness in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Amounderness

The Meaning of the Name

The name Rawcliffe Hall 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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