100 ARCHIVES

British History

IMG NOT FOUND
British History

Wilsic Hall in the Domesday Book (1086)

Wilsic Hall is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Strafforth in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Strafforth

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Wilsic Hall 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.

REF-24 Read Record →
IMG NOT FOUND
British History

Wilsill in the Domesday Book (1086)

Wilsill 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 Wilsill 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.

REF-24 Read Record →
IMG NOT FOUND
British History

Wilsthorpe in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Hunthow

The Meaning of the Name

The name Wilsthorpe is of Scandinavian origin. Its final element derives from the Old Norse word þorp, an outlying or secondary farmstead. 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 outlying farm’.

REF-24 Read Record →
IMG NOT FOUND
British History

Wilstrop Hall in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Wilstrop Hall 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 origin of the name Wilstrop Hall 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.

REF-24 Read Record →
IMG NOT FOUND
British History

Wilton in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Dic

The Meaning of the Name

The name Wilton 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’.

REF-24 Read Record →
IMG NOT FOUND
British History

Wilton in the Domesday Book (1086)

Wilton appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Langbaurgh in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Wilton at 10 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Wilton supported a recorded population of 4 villagers, 7 smallholders, 4 slaves, working 4 ploughs between them.

The survey records Wilton’s value at 6 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.

REF-24 Read Record →
IMG NOT FOUND
British History

Wimbolds Trafford in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Wimbolds Trafford is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Ruloe in Cheshire.

Other Settlements in Ruloe

The Meaning of the Name

The name Wimbolds Trafford 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’.

REF-24 Read Record →
IMG NOT FOUND
British History

Wimboldsley in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Wimboldsley is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Middlewich in Cheshire. The survey assessed Wimboldsley at 87 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Wimboldsley supported a recorded population of 30 villagers, working 9 ploughs between them.

The valuation dropped between 1066 and 1086. Before 1066, Wimboldsley was worth 88 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 1.01 shillings – a fall of 98%. Most Yorkshire villages that lost value on this scale were swept up in the Harrying of the North – William’s scorched-earth campaign of 1069–70.

REF-24 Read Record →
IMG NOT FOUND
British History

Wincham in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Wincham, entered under the hundred of Tunendune in Cheshire.

Other Settlements in Tunendune

The Meaning of the Name

The name Wincham is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word hām, a homestead 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 homestead’.

REF-24 Read Record →