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

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The Meaning of the Name

The name Sawley 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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Sawley in the Domesday Book (1086)

Sawley is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Morleystone in Derbyshire. The survey assessed Sawley at 0.2 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Sawley supported a recorded population of 3 villagers, 5 smallholders, 2 slaves, working 2 ploughs between them.

The survey records Sawley’s value at 1 shilling 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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Saxehale in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Barkston

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Saxehale 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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Saxhale in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Saxhale, entered under the hundred of Barkston in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Barkston

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Saxhale 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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Saxhalla in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Barkston

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Saxhalla 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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Saxton in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Barkston

The Meaning of the Name

The name Saxton 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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Scackleton in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Scackleton, entered under the hundred of Bulford in Yorkshire.

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The Meaning of the Name

The name Scackleton 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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Scagglethorpe in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

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The Meaning of the Name

The name Scagglethorpe 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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Scagglethorpe in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Scagglethorpe, entered under the hundred of Scard in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Scagglethorpe at 0.5 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Scagglethorpe supported a recorded population of 8 freemanmen, working 1 plough between them.

The survey records Scagglethorpe’s value at 1d 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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