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Yearsley in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Yearsley, entered under the hundred of Yarlestre in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Yarlestre

The Meaning of the Name

The name Yearsley 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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Yeaveley in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Yeaveley, entered under the hundred of Appletree in Derbyshire.

Other Settlements in Appletree

The Meaning of the Name

The name Yeaveley 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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Yeldersley in the Domesday Book (1086)

Yeldersley is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Appletree in Derbyshire.

Other Settlements in Appletree

The Meaning of the Name

The name Yeldersley 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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Yokefleet Grange in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Yokefleet Grange, entered under the hundred of Cave in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Cave

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Yokefleet Grange 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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Yokefleet in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Yokefleet, entered under the hundred of Howden in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Howden

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Yokefleet 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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York in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

At the time of the survey, York supported a recorded population of 6 villagers, 4 smallholders, 1 slave, working 2 ploughs between them.

The survey records York’s value at 10d 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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Youlgrave in the Domesday Book (1086)

Youlgrave is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Blackwell in Derbyshire.

Other Settlements in Blackwell

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Youlgrave 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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Youlthorpe in the Domesday Book (1086)

Youlthorpe appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Pocklington in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Youlthorpe at 4 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Youlthorpe supported a recorded population of 5 villagers, 6 smallholders, 4 slaves, working 5 ploughs between them.

The survey records Youlthorpe’s value at 2 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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Youlton in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Bulford

The Meaning of the Name

The name Youlton 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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