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Walton in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Agbrigg

The Meaning of the Name

The name Walton 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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Walton in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Ainsty

The Meaning of the Name

The name Walton 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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Walton in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Maneshou

The Meaning of the Name

The name Walton 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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Walton in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Walton is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Scarsdale in Derbyshire.

Other Settlements in Scarsdale

The Meaning of the Name

The name Walton 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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Walton on the Hill in the Domesday Book (1086)

Walton on the Hill is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of [West] Derby in Cheshire.

At the time of the survey, Walton on the Hill supported a recorded population of 6 villagers, working 1 plough between them.

Resources Recorded at Walton on the Hill (1086)

  • Churches: 1
  • Woodland: 0.5 league * 20 perches mixed measures

Other Settlements in [West] Derby

The Meaning of the Name

The name Walton on the Hill 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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Waplington Hall in the Domesday Book (1086)

Waplington Hall appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Pocklington in Yorkshire.

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The Meaning of the Name

The name Waplington Hall 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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Warburton in the Domesday Book (1086)

Warburton appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Bucklow in Cheshire. The survey assessed Warburton at 0.2 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Warburton supported a recorded population of 4 villagers, 1 smallholder, 1 slave, working 3 ploughs between them.

The survey records Warburton’s value at 15d 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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Wardle in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Wardle, entered under the hundred of Rushton in Cheshire.

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The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Wardle 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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Warford in the Domesday Book (1086)

Warford appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Tunendune in Cheshire.

Other Settlements in Tunendune

The Meaning of the Name

The name Warford 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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