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Dringhoe in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Dringhoe is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Holderness [North Hundred] in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Holderness [North Hundred]

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Dringhoe 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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Dromonby Hall in the Domesday Book (1086)

Dromonby Hall is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Langbaurgh in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Langbaurgh

The Meaning of the Name

The name Dromonby Hall 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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Dronfield in the Domesday Book (1086)

Dronfield appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Scarsdale in Derbyshire.

Other Settlements in Scarsdale

The Meaning of the Name

The name Dronfield is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word feld, open country. 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 open land’.

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Drypool in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Drypool, entered under the hundred of Holderness [Middle Hundred] in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Holderness [Middle Hundred]

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Drypool 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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Duckington in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Duddeston

The Meaning of the Name

The name Duckington 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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Duckmanton and Long Duckmanton in the Domesday Book (1086)

Duckmanton and Long Duckmanton appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Scarsdale in Derbyshire.

Other Settlements in Scarsdale

The Meaning of the Name

The name Duckmanton and Long Duckmanton 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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Duffield in the Domesday Book (1086)

Duffield appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Morleystone in Derbyshire.

Other Settlements in Morleystone

The Meaning of the Name

The name Duffield is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word feld, open country. 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 open land’.

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Duggleby in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Duggleby is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Scard in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Duggleby at 4 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Duggleby supported a recorded population of 10 villagers, 1 smallholder, 5 slaves, working 5 ploughs between them.

The survey records Duggleby’s value at 2.25 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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Dunham Massey in the Domesday Book (1086)

Dunham Massey is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Bucklow in Cheshire.

Other Settlements in Bucklow

The Meaning of the Name

The name Dunham Massey 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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