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Shipley appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Morley in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Shipley at 12 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Shipley supported a recorded population of 22 villagers, 7 smallholders, working 8 ploughs between them.

By 1086 Shipley was worth 14 shillings, up from 12 shillings before the Conquest – one of the few settlements in the area to hold its value through the upheaval.

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Shipley in the Domesday Book (1086)

Shipley appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Morleystone in Derbyshire.

Other Settlements in Morleystone

The Meaning of the Name

The name Shipley 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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Shippen House in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Shippen House, entered under the hundred of Skyrack in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Skyrack

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Shippen House 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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Shipton in the Domesday Book (1086)

Shipton is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Bulford in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Shipton at 28.4 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Shipton supported a recorded population of 42 villagers, 5 smallholders, 6 freemanmen, working 15 ploughs between them.

Something went badly wrong here between the two surveys. Before 1066, Shipton was worth 56 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 10 shillings – a fall of 82%. 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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Shiptonthorpe in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Weighton

The Meaning of the Name

The name Shiptonthorpe 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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Shirland in the Domesday Book (1086)

Shirland 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 origin of the name Shirland 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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Shirley in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Appletree

The Meaning of the Name

The name Shirley 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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Shitlington in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Shitlington, entered under the hundred of Agbrigg in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Agbrigg

The Meaning of the Name

The name Shitlington 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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Shocklach in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Shocklach is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Duddeston in Cheshire. The survey assessed Shocklach at 4.7 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Shocklach supported a recorded population of 1 villager, 15 smallholders, 42 freemanmen, working 8 ploughs between them.

By 1086 Shocklach was worth 5.9 shillings, up from 3.75 shillings before the Conquest – a sign this community came through the Conquest without being ruined.

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