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Whitwood in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Agbrigg

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Whitwood 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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Whixley in the Domesday Book (1086)

Whixley 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 name Whixley 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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Whorlton in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Langbaurgh

The Meaning of the Name

The name Whorlton 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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Wibaldeslei in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Wibaldeslei, entered under the hundred of [West] Derby in Cheshire.

Other Settlements in [West] Derby

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Wibaldeslei 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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Wibsey in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Wibsey, entered under the hundred of Morley in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Morley

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Wibsey 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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Wickersley in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Strafforth

The Meaning of the Name

The name Wickersley 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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Widdington Hall in the Domesday Book (1086)

Widdington Hall 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 name Widdington 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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Wide Open Farm in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Wide Open Farm is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Bulford in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Bulford

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Wide Open Farm 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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Widhulde in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Widhulde is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 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 Widhulde 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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