100 ARCHIVES

British History

IMG NOT FOUND
British History

Battersby Barn in the Domesday Book (1086)

Battersby Barn is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Craven in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Craven

The Meaning of the Name

The name Battersby Barn 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’.

REF-24 Read Record →
IMG NOT FOUND
British History

Battersby in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Battersby 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 Battersby 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’.

REF-24 Read Record →
IMG NOT FOUND
British History

Baxby in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Yarlestre

The Meaning of the Name

The name Baxby 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’.

REF-24 Read Record →
IMG NOT FOUND
British History

Beadlam in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Beadlam, entered under the hundred of Maneshou in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Maneshou

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Beadlam 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.

REF-24 Read Record →
IMG NOT FOUND
British History

Beal in the Domesday Book (1086)

Beal appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Osgodcross in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Osgodcross

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Beal 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.

REF-24 Read Record →
IMG NOT FOUND
British History

Beamsley in the Domesday Book (1086)

Beamsley appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Craven in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Beamsley at 3 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Beamsley supported a recorded population of 1 villager, 8 smallholders, 5 slaves, working 2 ploughs between them.

The survey records Beamsley’s value at 3 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.

REF-24 Read Record →
IMG NOT FOUND
British History

Bearwardcote in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Bearwardcote, entered under the hundred of Litchurch in Derbyshire.

Other Settlements in Litchurch

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Bearwardcote 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.

REF-24 Read Record →
IMG NOT FOUND
British History

Beckwith House in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Burghshire

The Meaning of the Name

The name Beckwith House is of Scandinavian origin. Its final element derives from the Old Norse word viðr, a wood. 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 wood’.

REF-24 Read Record →
IMG NOT FOUND
British History

Bedale in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Bedale is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Land of Count Alan in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Bedale at 4 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Bedale supported a recorded population of 22 villagers, 18 smallholders, 2 slaves, working 7 ploughs between them.

By 1086 Bedale was worth 17.5 shillings, up from 7.5 shillings before the Conquest – a sign this community came through the Conquest without being ruined.

REF-24 Read Record →