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Allerton in the Domesday Book (1086)

Allerton is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of [West] Derby in Cheshire.

Other Settlements in [West] Derby

The Meaning of the Name

The name Allerton 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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Allerton Mauleverer in the Domesday Book (1086)

Allerton Mauleverer 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 Allerton Mauleverer 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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Allestree in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Litchurch

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Allestree 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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Allington in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Exestan

The Meaning of the Name

The name Allington 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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Almondbury in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Almondbury, entered under the hundred of Agbrigg in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Agbrigg

The Meaning of the Name

The name Almondbury 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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Alne in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Alne, entered under the hundred of Bulford in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Bulford

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Alne 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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Alpraham in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Rushton

The Meaning of the Name

The name Alpraham 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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Alretone in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Rushton

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Alretone 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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Alretunstall in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Tunendune

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Alretunstall 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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