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Bupton in the Domesday Book (1086)

Bupton 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 Bupton 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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Burdale in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Scard

The Meaning of the Name

The name Burdale is of Scandinavian origin. Its final element derives from the Old Norse word dalr, a valley. 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 valley’.

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Burden Head in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

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The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Burden Head 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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Burghwallis in the Domesday Book (1086)

Burghwallis is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Osgodcross in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Burghwallis at 20 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Burghwallis supported a recorded population of 66 villagers, 7 smallholders, 4 slaves, working 31 ploughs between them.

Something went badly wrong here between the two surveys. Before 1066, Burghwallis was worth 28 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 18.5 shillings – a fall of 33%. Most Yorkshire villages that lost value on this scale were swept up in the Harrying of the North – William’s scorched-earth campaign of 1069–70.

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Burland House in the Domesday Book (1086)

Burland House 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 origin of the name Burland House 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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Burley in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Burley, entered under the hundred of Blackwell in Derbyshire.

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The Meaning of the Name

The name Burley 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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Burley in Wharfedale in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Skyrack

The Meaning of the Name

The name Burley in Wharfedale 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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Burn Hall in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Burn Hall is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Amounderness in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Burn Hall at 5.4 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Burn Hall supported a recorded population of 2 villagers, 17 smallholders, 2 slaves, 6 freemanmen, working 8 ploughs between them.

By 1086 Burn Hall was worth 8.7 shillings, up from 5 shillings before the Conquest – a sign this community came through the Conquest without being ruined.

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Burnaston in the Domesday Book (1086)

Burnaston appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Litchurch in Derbyshire.

Other Settlements in Litchurch

The Meaning of the Name

The name Burnaston 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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