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Sinderland in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Sinderland, entered under the hundred of Tunendune in Cheshire.

Other Settlements in Tunendune

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Sinderland 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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Sinfin in the Domesday Book (1086)

Sinfin appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Litchurch in Derbyshire.

Other Settlements in Litchurch

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Sinfin 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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Singleton and Little Singleton in the Domesday Book (1086)

Singleton and Little Singleton 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 Singleton and Little Singleton 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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Sinnington in the Domesday Book (1086)

Sinnington appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Maneshou in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Sinnington at 1 carucate of taxable land.

The survey records Sinnington’s value at 5d 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.

Other Settlements in Maneshou

The Meaning of the Name

The name Sinnington 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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Siuuarbi in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Siuuarbi, entered under the hundred of Hessle in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Hessle

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Siuuarbi 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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Skeckling in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Skeckling is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Holderness [South Hundred] in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Holderness [South Hundred]

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Skeckling 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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Skeeby in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Skeeby, entered under the hundred of Land of Count Alan in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Land of Count Alan

The Meaning of the Name

The name Skeeby 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’.

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Skelbrooke in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Osgodcross

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Skelbrooke 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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Skellow in the Domesday Book (1086)

Skellow 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 Skellow 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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