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Westwick in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Burghshire

The Meaning of the Name

The name Westwick 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 the western. Taken together the name probably meant something close to ’the western specialised farm’.

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Wetherby in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Wetherby is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Burghshire in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Wetherby at 4 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Wetherby supported a recorded population of 1 villager, 2 slaves, working 2 ploughs between them.

The survey records Wetherby’s value at 3.5 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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Wettenhall in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Rushton

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Wettenhall 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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Wetwang in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Warter

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Wetwang 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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Whalley in the Domesday Book (1086)

Whalley is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Blackburn in Cheshire.

Other Settlements in Blackburn

The Meaning of the Name

The name Whalley 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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Wharram le Street in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Wharram le Street is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Scard in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Scard

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Wharram le Street 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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Wharram Percy in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Acklam

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Wharram Percy 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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Wharton in the Domesday Book (1086)

Wharton is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Middlewich in Cheshire.

Other Settlements in Middlewich

The Meaning of the Name

The name Wharton 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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Wheatcroft in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Skyrack

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Wheatcroft 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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