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Boynton in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Boynton is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Hunthow in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Boynton at 0.2 carucates of taxable land.

The survey records Boynton’s value at 0d 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.

The Domesday survey records Boynton as waste - uninhabited and unproductive. In Yorkshire, this designation most often reflects the Harrying of the North of 1069–70, when William I’s forces destroyed crops, livestock, and communities across the county to crush rebellion. Whether Boynton recovered in subsequent decades is not recorded.

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Boythorpe in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

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The Meaning of the Name

The name Boythorpe 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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Boythorpe in the Domesday Book (1086)

Boythorpe is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Scarsdale in Derbyshire. The survey assessed Boythorpe at 9 carucates of taxable land.

Most significantly, Boythorpe is recorded as waste in 1086 - land rendered uninhabitable and valueless. Before the Conquest, the settlement had been assessed at 2 shillings; by 1086 that value had collapsed entirely. This pattern - prosperity before 1066, devastation by 1086 - is the unmistakable signature of the Harrying of the North , William I’s campaign of systematic destruction across Yorkshire in 1069–70.

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Bracewell in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

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The Meaning of the Name

The name Bracewell is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word wella, a spring or stream. 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 spring’.

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Bracken in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Bracken, entered under the hundred of Sneculfcros in Yorkshire.

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The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Bracken 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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Brackenholme in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

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The Meaning of the Name

The name Brackenholme is of Scandinavian origin. Its final element derives from the Old Norse word holmr, an island or patch of raised ground in marsh. 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 island’.

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Bradbourne in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

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The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Bradbourne 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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Bradford in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

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The Meaning of the Name

The name Bradford 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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Bradley in the Domesday Book (1086)

Bradley appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Agbrigg in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Bradley at 2.2 carucates of taxable land.

The survey records Bradley’s value at 0d 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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The Meaning of the Name

The name Bradley 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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