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Conisbrough in the Domesday Book (1086)

Conisbrough appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Strafforth in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Conisbrough at 4.5 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Conisbrough supported a recorded population of 4 villagers, 26 smallholders, 33 freemanmen, working 18 ploughs between them.

By 1086 Conisbrough was worth 4.77 shillings, up from 2.5 shillings before the Conquest – one of the few settlements in the area to hold its value through the upheaval.

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Coniston Cold in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Craven

The Meaning of the Name

The name Coniston Cold 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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Coniston in the Domesday Book (1086)

Coniston appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Holderness [Middle Hundred] in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Holderness [Middle Hundred]

The Meaning of the Name

The name Coniston 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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Conistone in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Craven

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Conistone 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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Conksbury in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Conksbury is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Blackwell in Derbyshire.

Other Settlements in Blackwell

The Meaning of the Name

The name Conksbury is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word burh, a fortified place. 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 stronghold’.

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Cononley in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Craven

The Meaning of the Name

The name Cononley is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word lēah, a woodland clearing or glade. 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 clearing’.

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Constable Burton in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Constable Burton, 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 Constable Burton 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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Cookridge in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Cookridge, entered under the hundred of Skyrack in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Cookridge at 0.2 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Cookridge supported a recorded population of 2 villagers, 2 smallholders, 1 slave, working 2 ploughs between them.

The survey records Cookridge’s value at 10d 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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Copgrove in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Burghshire

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Copgrove 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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