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Well in the Domesday Book (1086)

Well appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Land of Count Alan in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Well at 0.8 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Well supported a recorded population of 4 villagers, 9 smallholders, 6 slaves, working 5 ploughs between them.

The survey records Well’s value at 2.12 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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Welledene in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Hamston

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Welledene 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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Welton in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Welton

The Meaning of the Name

The name Welton 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 a spring. Taken together the name probably meant something close to ’the a spring farmstead’.

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Welwick in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Holderness [South Hundred]

The Meaning of the Name

The name Welwick is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word wīc, a dwelling, dairy farm or trading settlement, while the first element appears to represent a spring. Taken together the name probably meant something close to ’the a spring specialised farm’.

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Wenfesne in the Domesday Book (1086)

Wenfesne is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Ati’s Cross in Cheshire.

Other Settlements in Ati’s Cross

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Wenfesne 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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Wennington in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Amounderness

The Meaning of the Name

The name Wennington 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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Wensley in the Domesday Book (1086)

Wensley is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Land of Count Alan in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Land of Count Alan

The Meaning of the Name

The name Wensley 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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Wensley in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Hamston

The Meaning of the Name

The name Wensley 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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