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Cayton in the Domesday Book (1086)

Cayton appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Dic in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Cayton at 5.2 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Cayton supported a recorded population of 43 villagers, 23 smallholders, 24 slaves, working 20 ploughs between them.

The survey records Cayton’s value at 7.5 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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Cefn Du in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Cefn Du, 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 Cefn Du 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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Cellesdene in the Domesday Book (1086)

Cellesdene is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Morleystone in Derbyshire.

Other Settlements in Morleystone

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Cellesdene 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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Chaddesden in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Chaddesden, entered under the hundred of Morleystone in Derbyshire.

Other Settlements in Morleystone

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Chaddesden 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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Chapel Allerton in the Domesday Book (1086)

Chapel Allerton is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Skyrack in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Chapel Allerton at 0.5 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Chapel Allerton supported a recorded population of 5 villagers, 8 smallholders, 2 slaves, working 3 ploughs between them.

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

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Chapmonswiche in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Chapmonswiche is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Tunendune in Cheshire.

Other Settlements in Tunendune

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Chapmonswiche 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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Charlesworth in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Blackwell

The Meaning of the Name

The name Charlesworth 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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Chatsworth in the Domesday Book (1086)

Chatsworth is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Blackwell in Derbyshire. The survey assessed Chatsworth at 0.2 carucates of taxable land.

The survey records Chatsworth’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 Chatsworth 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 Chatsworth recovered in subsequent decades is not recorded.

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Cheadle in the Domesday Book (1086)

Cheadle is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Hamestan in Cheshire.

Other Settlements in Hamestan

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Cheadle 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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