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Wykeham in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Maneshou

The Meaning of the Name

The name Wykeham 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’.

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Wyton in the Domesday Book (1086)

Wyton appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Holderness [Middle Hundred] in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Holderness [Middle Hundred]

The Meaning of the Name

The name Wyton 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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Yafforth in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Yafforth, 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 Yafforth 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’.

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Yapham in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Warter

The Meaning of the Name

The name Yapham 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’.

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Yarm in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Allerton

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Yarm 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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Yarnwick in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Yarnwick is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 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 Yarnwick is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word wīc, a dwelling, dairy farm or trading settlement. 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 specialised farm’.

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Yateholme in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Yateholme, entered under the hundred of Agbrigg in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Yateholme at 3 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Yateholme supported a recorded population of 18 villagers, 6 smallholders, 14 slaves, working 12 ploughs between them.

The survey records Yateholme’s value at 3 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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Yeadon in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Yeadon, entered under the hundred of Skyrack in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Yeadon at 0.5 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Yeadon supported a recorded population of 3 smallholders, working 2 ploughs between them.

The survey records Yeadon’s value at 8d 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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Yealand Conyers and Redmayne in the Domesday Book (1086)

Yealand Conyers and Redmayne is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Amounderness in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Amounderness

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Yealand Conyers and Redmayne 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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