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Cold Kirby in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Bulford

The Meaning of the Name

The name Cold Kirby 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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Coldcotes in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Skyrack

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Coldcotes 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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Coleshill in the Domesday Book (1086)

Coleshill 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 Coleshill 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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Colton in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Colton, entered under the hundred of Ainsty in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Ainsty

The Meaning of the Name

The name Colton 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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Colton in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Colton, entered under the hundred of Skyrack in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Skyrack

The Meaning of the Name

The name Colton 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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Compton in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Compton, entered under the hundred of Skyrack in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Skyrack

The Meaning of the Name

The name Compton 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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Conersley in the Domesday Book (1086)

Conersley appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Ruloe in Cheshire. The survey assessed Conersley at 5 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Conersley supported a recorded population of 3 villagers, 4 smallholders, 2 slaves, working 6 ploughs between them.

The survey puts Conersley’s value at 2.5 shillings, the same as before the Conquest. Unchanged valuations are relatively rare in the North, where disruption was widespread.

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Coneysthorpe in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Bulford

The Meaning of the Name

The name Coneysthorpe 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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Congleton in the Domesday Book (1086)

Congleton appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Middlewich in Cheshire. The survey assessed Congleton at 1.9 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Congleton supported a recorded population of 29 smallholders, 3 slaves, working 3 ploughs between them.

By 1086 Congleton was worth 5 shillings, up from 4 shillings before the Conquest – one of the few settlements in the area to hold its value through the upheaval.

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