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Skewsby in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Bulford

The Meaning of the Name

The name Skewsby 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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Skidby in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Skidby, entered under the hundred of Welton in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Welton

The Meaning of the Name

The name Skidby 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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Skipton in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Craven

The Meaning of the Name

The name Skipton 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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Skipton on Swale in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Skipton on Swale, entered under the hundred of Yarlestre in Yorkshire.

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The Meaning of the Name

The name Skipton on Swale 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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Skipwith in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Skipwith, entered under the hundred of Howden in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Howden

The Meaning of the Name

The name Skipwith 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’.

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Skirpenbeck in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Skirpenbeck, entered under the hundred of Acklam in Yorkshire.

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The Meaning of the Name

The name Skirpenbeck is of Scandinavian origin. Its final element derives from the Old Norse word bekkr, a stream. 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 stream’.

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Skutterskelfe Hall in the Domesday Book (1086)

Skutterskelfe Hall appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Langbaurgh in Yorkshire.

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The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Skutterskelfe Hall 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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Slade Hooton in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Slade Hooton, entered under the hundred of Strafforth in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Strafforth

The Meaning of the Name

The name Slade Hooton 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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Slaidburn in the Domesday Book (1086)

Slaidburn 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 origin of the name Slaidburn 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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