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Cilowen in the Domesday Book (1086)

Cilowen appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Ati’s Cross in Cheshire. The survey assessed Cilowen at 5 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Cilowen supported a recorded population of 40 villagers, 24 smallholders, working 21 ploughs between them.

By 1086 Cilowen was worth 24 shillings, up from 18 shillings before the Conquest – one of the few settlements in the area to hold its value through the upheaval.

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Clactone in the Domesday Book (1086)

Clactone appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Staincross in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Staincross

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Clactone 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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Clapham in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Amounderness

The Meaning of the Name

The name Clapham is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word hām, a homestead 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 homestead’.

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Clareton in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Burghshire

The Meaning of the Name

The name Clareton 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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Claughton in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Amounderness

The Meaning of the Name

The name Claughton 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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Claughton in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Amounderness

The Meaning of the Name

The name Claughton 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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Claverton in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Claverton, entered under the hundred of Ati’s Cross in Cheshire. The survey assessed Claverton at 1.1 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Claverton supported a recorded population of 4 villagers, 1 smallholder, working 2 ploughs between them.

By 1086 Claverton was worth 2.06 shillings, up from 1 shilling before the Conquest – which sets it apart from the many nearby villages left waste or devalued.

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Claxton in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Claxton, entered under the hundred of Bulford in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Claxton at 9.8 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Claxton supported a recorded population of 17 villagers, 14 smallholders, 2 slaves, working 10 ploughs between them.

The drop in value is hard to miss. Before 1066, Claxton was worth 8 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 7 shillings – a fall of 12%. 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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Clayton in the Domesday Book (1086)

Clayton is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Ati’s Cross in Cheshire. The survey assessed Clayton at 5.9 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Clayton supported a recorded population of 5 villagers, 18 smallholders, 5 slaves, working 8 ploughs between them.

By 1086 Clayton was worth 9.77 shillings, up from 5 shillings before the Conquest – in contrast to many Yorkshire neighbours whose valuations collapsed.

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