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Somerford Booths in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Somerford Booths is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Hamestan in Cheshire. The survey assessed Somerford Booths at 10 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Somerford Booths supported a recorded population of 8 villagers, 6 slaves, working 8 ploughs between them.

The valuation dropped between 1066 and 1086. Before 1066, Somerford Booths was worth 8 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 5 shillings – a fall of 37%. 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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Somerford in the Domesday Book (1086)

Somerford appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Middlewich in Cheshire.

Other Settlements in Middlewich

The Meaning of the Name

The name Somerford is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word ford, a river crossing. 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 ford’.

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Somersal in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Somersal is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Appletree in Derbyshire. The survey assessed Somersal at 0.4 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Somersal supported a recorded population of 2 smallholders, 1 slave, working 1 plough between them.

The survey records Somersal’s value at 7d 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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Sotleie in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Sotleie is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Craven in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Sotleie at 77 carucates of taxable land.

The survey records Sotleie’s value at 0d 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.

The Domesday survey records Sotleie as waste - uninhabited and unproductive. In Yorkshire, this designation most often reflects the Harrying of the North of 1069–70, when William I’s forces destroyed crops, livestock, and communities across the county to crush rebellion. Whether Sotleie recovered in subsequent decades is not recorded.

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Soughton in the Domesday Book (1086)

Soughton appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Ati’s Cross in Cheshire.

Other Settlements in Ati’s Cross

The Meaning of the Name

The name Soughton is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word tūn, a farmstead or village, while the first element appears to represent the southern. Taken together the name probably meant something close to ’the southern farmstead’.

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South Anston in the Domesday Book (1086)

South Anston is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Strafforth in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Strafforth

The Meaning of the Name

The name South Anston 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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South Bramwith in the Domesday Book (1086)

South Bramwith appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Strafforth in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Strafforth

The Meaning of the Name

The name South Bramwith 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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South Cave in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Cave

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name South Cave 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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South Cliffe in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of South Cliffe is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Cave in Yorkshire. The survey assessed South Cliffe at 3 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, South Cliffe supported a recorded population of 6 villagers, working 3 ploughs between them.

The survey records South Cliffe’s value at 3.5 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.

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