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Bolton by Bowland in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Bolton by Bowland, entered under the hundred of Craven in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Craven

The Meaning of the Name

The name Bolton by Bowland 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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Bolton Farm in the Domesday Book (1086)

Bolton Farm appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Amounderness in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Amounderness

The Meaning of the Name

The name Bolton Farm 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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Bolton in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Morley

The Meaning of the Name

The name Bolton 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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Bolton in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Pocklington

The Meaning of the Name

The name Bolton 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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Bolton le Sands in the Domesday Book (1086)

Bolton le Sands appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Amounderness in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Bolton le Sands at 4 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Bolton le Sands supported a recorded population of 17 villagers, 9 smallholders, 4 slaves, working 5 ploughs between them.

The survey records Bolton le Sands’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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Bolton Percy in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Bolton Percy, entered under the hundred of Ainsty in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Ainsty

The Meaning of the Name

The name Bolton Percy 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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Bolton upon Dearne in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Bolton upon Dearne, entered under the hundred of Strafforth in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Bolton upon Dearne at 124 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Bolton upon Dearne supported a recorded population of 262 villagers, 147 smallholders, 136 slaves, working 197 ploughs between them.

The survey records Bolton upon Dearne’s value at 170 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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Bolton upon Swale in the Domesday Book (1086)

Bolton upon Swale appears in the Domesday Book 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 Bolton upon Swale 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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Bolun in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Bolun is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Walecros in Derbyshire.

Other Settlements in Walecros

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Bolun 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.