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Bishop Wilton in the Domesday Book (1086)

Bishop Wilton is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Pocklington in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Bishop Wilton at 27 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Bishop Wilton supported a recorded population of 31 villagers, 12 smallholders, 3 slaves, working 23 ploughs between them.

By 1086 Bishop Wilton was worth 12.5 shillings, up from 12 shillings before the Conquest – in contrast to many Yorkshire neighbours whose valuations collapsed.

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Bishopthorpe in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Ainsty

The Meaning of the Name

The name Bishopthorpe 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’.

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Bispham in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Bispham, entered under the hundred of Amounderness in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Bispham at 10 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Bispham supported a recorded population of 32 villagers, 10 smallholders, 1 slave, working 15 ploughs between them.

By 1086 Bispham was worth 16 shillings, up from 12 shillings before the Conquest – which sets it apart from the many nearby villages left waste or devalued.

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Bistre in the Domesday Book (1086)

Bistre is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Ati’s Cross in Cheshire. The survey assessed Bistre at 3.5 carucates of taxable land.

Other Settlements in Ati’s Cross

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Bistre 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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Bithen in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Bithen 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 Bithen 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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Blackburn in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Blackburn

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Blackburn 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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Blackwell in the Domesday Book (1086)

Blackwell appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Blackwell in Derbyshire.

Other Settlements in Blackwell

The Meaning of the Name

The name Blackwell is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word wella, a spring or stream, while the first element appears to represent black. Taken together the name probably meant something close to ’the black spring’.

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Blacon in the Domesday Book (1086)

Blacon appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Willaston in Cheshire.

Other Settlements in Willaston

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Blacon 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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Blakenhall in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Blakenhall, entered under the hundred of Warmundestrou in Cheshire.

Other Settlements in Warmundestrou

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Blakenhall 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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