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Bonsall in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Hamston

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Bonsall 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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Bootle in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

At the time of the survey, Bootle supported a recorded population of 13 villagers, 10 slaves, working 11 ploughs between them.

The survey records Bootle’s value at 10 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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Bootle in the Domesday Book (1086)

Bootle appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of [West] Derby in Cheshire.

Other Settlements in [West] Derby

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Bootle 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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Bordley in the Domesday Book (1086)

Bordley appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Craven in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Craven

The Meaning of the Name

The name Bordley 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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Borrowby in the Domesday Book (1086)

Borrowby appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Allerton in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Allerton

The Meaning of the Name

The name Borrowby is of Scandinavian origin. Its final element derives from the Old Norse word bý, 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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Borrowby in the Domesday Book (1086)

Borrowby appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Langbaurgh in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Langbaurgh

The Meaning of the Name

The name Borrowby is of Scandinavian origin. Its final element derives from the Old Norse word bý, 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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Borwick in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Borwick is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Amounderness in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Borwick at 7 carucates of taxable land.

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

The survey puts Borwick’s value at 1 shilling, the same as before the Conquest. Unchanged valuations are relatively rare in the North, where disruption was widespread.

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Bosley in the Domesday Book (1086)

Bosley is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Hamestan in Cheshire.

Other Settlements in Hamestan

The Meaning of the Name

The name Bosley 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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Bossall in the Domesday Book (1086)

Bossall appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Bulford in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Bossall at 5 carucates of taxable land.

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

The survey records Bossall’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.

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