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Carn-y-chan in the Domesday Book (1086)

Carn-y-chan is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Ati’s Cross in Cheshire.

Other Settlements in Ati’s Cross

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Carn-y-chan 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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Carnaby in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Burton

The Meaning of the Name

The name Carnaby 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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Carnforth in the Domesday Book (1086)

Carnforth is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Amounderness in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Carnforth at 20.8 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Carnforth supported a recorded population of 22 villagers, 20 smallholders, 13 slaves, working 20 ploughs between them.

The survey records Carnforth’s value at 18 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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Carperby in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Carperby, entered under the hundred of Land of Count Alan in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Carperby at 1 carucate of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Carperby supported a recorded population of 6 villagers, 2 smallholders, 2 slaves, working 2 ploughs between them.

The survey records Carperby’s value at 1 shilling 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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Carsington in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Carsington, entered under the hundred of Hamston in Derbyshire.

Other Settlements in Hamston

The Meaning of the Name

The name Carsington 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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Carthorpe in the Domesday Book (1086)

Carthorpe 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 Carthorpe 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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Cartmel in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Cartmel, entered under the hundred of Amounderness in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Cartmel at 5.4 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Cartmel supported a recorded population of 6 villagers, 10 smallholders, 23 freemanmen, working 10 ploughs between them.

By 1086 Cartmel was worth 7.3 shillings, up from 4.5 shillings before the Conquest – which sets it apart from the many nearby villages left waste or devalued.

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Cartworth in the Domesday Book (1086)

Cartworth appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Agbrigg in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Agbrigg

The Meaning of the Name

The name Cartworth is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word worð, an enclosure or homestead. 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 enclosure’.

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Casterton in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Casterton, entered under the hundred of Amounderness in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Amounderness

The Meaning of the Name

The name Casterton 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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