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Dunham on the Hill in the Domesday Book (1086)

Dunham on the Hill is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Ruloe in Cheshire.

Other Settlements in Ruloe

The Meaning of the Name

The name Dunham on the Hill 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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Dunkeswick in the Domesday Book (1086)

Dunkeswick is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Burghshire in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Dunkeswick at 95 carucates of taxable land.

The survey records Dunkeswick’s value at 0d 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.

Other Settlements in Burghshire

The Meaning of the Name

The name Dunkeswick is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word wīc, a dwelling, dairy farm or trading settlement. 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 specialised farm’.

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Dunnington in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Holderness [North Hundred]

The Meaning of the Name

The name Dunnington 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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Dunnington in the Domesday Book (1086)

Dunnington appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Sneculfcros in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Sneculfcros

The Meaning of the Name

The name Dunnington 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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Dunsley in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Dunsley, entered under the hundred of Langbaurgh in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Langbaurgh

The Meaning of the Name

The name Dunsley 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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Dutton in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Tunendune

The Meaning of the Name

The name Dutton 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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Dyserth in the Domesday Book (1086)

Dyserth appears in the Domesday Book of 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 Dyserth 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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Eanley in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Eanley, entered under the hundred of Bucklow in Cheshire.

Other Settlements in Bucklow

The Meaning of the Name

The name Eanley 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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Earby in the Domesday Book (1086)

Earby appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Craven in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Craven

The Meaning of the Name

The name Earby 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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