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South Normanton in the Domesday Book (1086)

South Normanton 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 name South Normanton 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 northern. Taken together the name probably meant something close to ’the northern farmstead’.

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South Otterington in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Allerton

The Meaning of the Name

The name South Otterington 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 Skirlaugh in the Domesday Book (1086)

South Skirlaugh is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Holderness [Middle Hundred] in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Holderness [Middle Hundred]

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name South Skirlaugh 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 Stainley in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of South Stainley is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Hallikeld in Yorkshire. The survey assessed South Stainley at 10 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, South Stainley supported a recorded population of 19 villagers, 4 smallholders, working 7 ploughs between them.

The valuation dropped between 1066 and 1086. Before 1066, South Stainley was worth 12 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 8 shillings – a fall of 33%. 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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South? Wingfield in the Domesday Book (1086)

South? Wingfield 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 name South? Wingfield is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word feld, open country. 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 open land’.

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Southburn in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Southburn, entered under the hundred of Driffield in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Driffield

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Southburn 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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Southcoates in the Domesday Book (1086)

Southcoates appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Holderness [Middle Hundred] in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Holderness [Middle Hundred]

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Southcoates 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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Southorpe in the Domesday Book (1086)

Southorpe appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Holderness [North Hundred] in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Southorpe at 1 carucate of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Southorpe supported a recorded population of 4 smallholders, working 1 plough between them.

The survey records Southorpe’s value at 1 shilling 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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Southowram in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Morley

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Southowram 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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