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Tickton in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Tickton, entered under the hundred of Holderness [Middle Hundred] in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Holderness [Middle Hundred]

The Meaning of the Name

The name Tickton 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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Tideswell in the Domesday Book (1086)

Tideswell appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Blackwell in Derbyshire.

Other Settlements in Blackwell

The Meaning of the Name

The name Tideswell is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word wella, a spring or 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 spring’.

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Tidover in the Domesday Book (1086)

Tidover is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Burghshire in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Burghshire

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Tidover 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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Tilston in the Domesday Book (1086)

Tilston appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Duddeston in Cheshire.

Other Settlements in Duddeston

The Meaning of the Name

The name Tilston 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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Tilstone Fearnall in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Tilstone Fearnall, entered under the hundred of Rushton in Cheshire. The survey assessed Tilstone Fearnall at 2 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Tilstone Fearnall supported a recorded population of 4 villagers, 3 smallholders, 2 slaves, working 2 ploughs between them.

The survey puts Tilstone Fearnall’s value at 1 shilling, the same as before the Conquest. Unchanged valuations are relatively rare in the North, where disruption was widespread.

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Timble in the Domesday Book (1086)

Timble appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Burghshire in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Burghshire

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Timble 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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Tinsley in the Domesday Book (1086)

Tinsley 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 Tinsley 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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Tintwistle in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Tintwistle, entered under the hundred of Hamestan in Cheshire.

At the time of the survey, Tintwistle supported a recorded population of 5 villagers, 3 smallholders, working 2 ploughs between them.

By 1086 Tintwistle was worth 10d, up from 0d before the Conquest – which sets it apart from the many nearby villages left waste or devalued.

The survey lists 2 manors at Tintwistle under different lords. Splitting a single settlement between multiple tenants was common across the North – Saxon estates broken up and handed to William’s followers after 1066.

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Tissington in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Tissington, entered under the hundred of Hamston in Derbyshire.

Other Settlements in Hamston

The Meaning of the Name

The name Tissington 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’.