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The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Swinton, entered under the hundred of Maneshou in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Swinton at 10 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Swinton supported a recorded population of 8 villagers, 10 smallholders, working 8 ploughs between them.

The survey records Swinton’s value at 2.5 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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Swinton in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Strafforth

The Meaning of the Name

The name Swinton 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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Tadcaster in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Barkston

The Meaning of the Name

The name Tadcaster is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word ceaster (from Latin castra), a Roman fort or walled town. 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 Roman fort’.

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Taddington in the Domesday Book (1086)

Taddington is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Blackwell in Derbyshire.

Other Settlements in Blackwell

The Meaning of the Name

The name Taddington 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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Tankersley in the Domesday Book (1086)

Tankersley appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Staincross in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Staincross

The Meaning of the Name

The name Tankersley 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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Tanshelf in the Domesday Book (1086)

Tanshelf is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Osgodcross in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Tanshelf at 6 carucates of taxable land.

Most significantly, Tanshelf is recorded as waste in 1086 - land rendered uninhabitable and valueless. Before the Conquest, the settlement had been assessed at 1 shilling; by 1086 that value had collapsed entirely. This pattern - prosperity before 1066, devastation by 1086 - is the unmistakable signature of the Harrying of the North , William I’s campaign of systematic destruction across Yorkshire in 1069–70.

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Tansley in the Domesday Book (1086)

Tansley appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Hamston in Derbyshire.

Other Settlements in Hamston

The Meaning of the Name

The name Tansley 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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Tansterne in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Tansterne is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Holderness [Middle Hundred] in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Tansterne at 30 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Tansterne supported a recorded population of 42 villagers, 30 smallholders, 6 slaves, working 29 ploughs between them.

The survey records Tansterne’s value at 32.5 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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Tanton in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Langbaurgh

The Meaning of the Name

The name Tanton 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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