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Catterton in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Ainsty

The Meaning of the Name

The name Catterton 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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Catton in the Domesday Book (1086)

Catton appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Walecros in Derbyshire.

Other Settlements in Walecros

The Meaning of the Name

The name Catton 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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Catton in the Domesday Book (1086)

Catton appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Yarlestre in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Yarlestre

The Meaning of the Name

The name Catton 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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Catwick in the Domesday Book (1086)

Catwick is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Holderness [North Hundred] in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Holderness [North Hundred]

The Meaning of the Name

The name Catwick is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word wīc, a dwelling, dairy farm or trading settlement. 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 specialised farm’.

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Cavil in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Cavil, entered under the hundred of Howden in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Howden

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Cavil 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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Cawthorn in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Dic

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Cawthorn 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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Cawthorne in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Cawthorne, entered under the hundred of Staincross in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Staincross

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Cawthorne 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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Cawton in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Cawton is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Maneshou in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Cawton at 15.2 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Cawton supported a recorded population of 24 villagers, 19 smallholders, 6 freemanmen, working 11 ploughs between them.

The valuation dropped between 1066 and 1086. Before 1066, Cawton was worth 9.25 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 8.15 shillings – a fall of 11%. 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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Cayton in the Domesday Book (1086)

Cayton appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Burghshire in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Cayton at 8.5 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Cayton supported a recorded population of 6 villagers, 18 smallholders, 1 slave, 37 freemanmen, working 12 ploughs between them.

The survey lists 2 manors at Cayton under different lords. Splitting a single settlement between multiple tenants was common across the North – Saxon estates broken up and handed to William’s followers after 1066.

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