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Rocester in the Domesday Book (1086)

Rocester is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Totmonslow in STS. The survey assessed Rocester at 74.1 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Rocester supported a recorded population of 107 villagers, 39 smallholders, 2 slaves, 36 freemanmen, working 56 ploughs between them.

The survey records Rocester’s value at 11 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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Rochdale in the Domesday Book (1086)

Rochdale is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Salford in Cheshire. The survey assessed Rochdale at 4 carucates of taxable land.

Most significantly, Rochdale is recorded as waste in 1086 - land rendered uninhabitable and valueless. Before the Conquest, the settlement had been assessed at 5d; by 1086 that value had collapsed entirely. This pattern - prosperity before 1066, devastation by 1086 - is the unmistakable signature of the Harrying of the North , William I’s campaign of systematic destruction across Yorkshire in 1069–70.

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Rodebestorp in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Rodebestorp is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Dic in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Rodebestorp at 2 carucates of taxable land.

By 1086 Rodebestorp was worth 5 shillings, up from 1.05 shillings before the Conquest – a sign this community came through the Conquest without being ruined.

Resources Recorded at Rodebestorp (1086)

  • Mills: 1 mill

Other Settlements in Dic

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Rodebestorp 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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Rodouuelle in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Rodouuelle, entered under the hundred of Ainsty in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Ainsty

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Rodouuelle 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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Rodsley in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Rodsley, entered under the hundred of Appletree in Derbyshire.

Other Settlements in Appletree

The Meaning of the Name

The name Rodsley is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word lēah, a woodland clearing or glade. 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 clearing’.

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Rogerthorpe Manor in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Osgodcross

The Meaning of the Name

The name Rogerthorpe 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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Rokeby Hall in the Domesday Book (1086)

Rokeby Hall is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Land of Count Alan in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Rokeby Hall at 2 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Rokeby Hall supported a recorded population of 2 smallholders, working 2 ploughs between them.

Something went badly wrong here between the two surveys. Before 1066, Rokeby Hall was worth 1 shilling; by 1086 that had dropped to 10d – a fall of 50%. 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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Rolston in the Domesday Book (1086)

Rolston appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Holderness [North Hundred] in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Holderness [North Hundred]

The Meaning of the Name

The name Rolston 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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Romaldkirk in the Domesday Book (1086)

Romaldkirk is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Land of Count Alan in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Romaldkirk at 38.8 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Romaldkirk supported a recorded population of 36 villagers, 12 smallholders, 25 slaves, working 36 ploughs between them.

By 1086 Romaldkirk was worth 39.6 shillings, up from 17.25 shillings before the Conquest – in contrast to many Yorkshire neighbours whose valuations collapsed.

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