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Burwardsley and Higher Burwardsley in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Burwardsley and Higher Burwardsley is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Duddeston in Cheshire.

Other Settlements in Duddeston

The Meaning of the Name

The name Burwardsley and Higher Burwardsley 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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Burythorpe in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Burythorpe is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Acklam in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Burythorpe at 2.2 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Burythorpe supported a recorded population of 3 villagers, 1 smallholder, 5 slaves, working 2 ploughs between them.

By 1086 Burythorpe was worth 2.5 shillings, up from 2 shillings before the Conquest – a sign this community came through the Conquest without being ruined.

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Butley in the Domesday Book (1086)

Butley is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Hamestan in Cheshire. The survey assessed Butley at 4.5 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Butley supported a recorded population of 4 villagers, 10 smallholders, working 4 ploughs between them.

By 1086 Butley was worth 3 shillings, up from 2 shillings before the Conquest – in contrast to many Yorkshire neighbours whose valuations collapsed.

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Buttercrambe in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Buttercrambe is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Bulford in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Buttercrambe at 1 carucate of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Buttercrambe supported a recorded population of 5 villagers, 10 smallholders, 12 slaves, working 3 ploughs between them.

By 1086 Buttercrambe was worth 5.25 shillings, up from 4 shillings before the Conquest – a sign this community came through the Conquest without being ruined.

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Butterwick in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Butterwick is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Burton in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Butterwick at 4.8 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Butterwick supported a recorded population of 13 villagers, 16 smallholders, working 9 ploughs between them.

The valuation dropped between 1066 and 1086. Before 1066, Butterwick was worth 80.83 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 70.12 shillings – a fall of 13%. 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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Bychton in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Bychton, entered under the hundred of Ati’s Cross in Cheshire. The survey assessed Bychton at 15 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Bychton supported a recorded population of 17 villagers, 4 smallholders, 2 slaves, working 12 ploughs between them.

The survey records Bychton’s value at 12 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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Byley in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Byley is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Middlewich in Cheshire. The survey assessed Byley at 1 carucate of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Byley supported a recorded population of 5 villagers, 11 smallholders, 1 slave, working 4 ploughs between them.

The survey puts Byley’s value at 4 shillings, the same as before the Conquest. Unchanged valuations are relatively rare in the North, where disruption was widespread.

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Cadeby in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Strafforth

The Meaning of the Name

The name Cadeby 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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Cadretone in the Domesday Book (1086)

Cadretone appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Burghshire in Yorkshire.

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The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Cadretone 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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