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Cowley in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Hamston

The Meaning of the Name

The name Cowley 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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Cowling in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Cowling, entered under the hundred of Craven in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Craven

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Cowling 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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Cowling in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Cowling, entered under the hundred of Land of Count Alan in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Land of Count Alan

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Cowling 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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Cowthorpe in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Cowthorpe is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Burghshire in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Cowthorpe at 10 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Cowthorpe supported a recorded population of 11 villagers, 6 smallholders, working 8 ploughs between them.

The valuation dropped between 1066 and 1086. Before 1066, Cowthorpe was worth 16 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 14 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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Cowthwaite in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Skyrack

The Meaning of the Name

The name Cowthwaite is of Scandinavian origin. Its final element derives from the Old Norse word þveit, a clearing or meadow. 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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Coxwold in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Yarlestre

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Coxwold 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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Crachetorp in the Domesday Book (1086)

Crachetorp is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Hessle in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Crachetorp at 10 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Crachetorp supported a recorded population of 18 villagers, 2 smallholders, 5 slaves, working 12 ploughs between them.

Something went badly wrong here between the two surveys. Before 1066, Crachetorp was worth 12 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 9 shillings – a fall of 25%. 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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Cradeuuelle in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Cradeuuelle is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Burghshire in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Cradeuuelle at 12 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Cradeuuelle supported a recorded population of 8 villagers, 2 smallholders, 6 slaves, working 4 ploughs between them.

The survey records Cradeuuelle’s value at 4 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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Crakehill in the Domesday Book (1086)

Crakehill appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Yarlestre in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Yarlestre

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Crakehill 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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