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East and West Flotmanby in the Domesday Book (1086)

East and West Flotmanby appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Torbar in Yorkshire. The survey assessed East and West Flotmanby at 4 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, East and West Flotmanby supported a recorded population of 17 villagers, 18 smallholders, 10 slaves, working 5 ploughs between them.

The survey records East and West Flotmanby’s value at 2.5 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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East and West Lutton in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of East and West Lutton, entered under the hundred of Toreshou in Yorkshire. The survey assessed East and West Lutton at 5.6 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, East and West Lutton supported a recorded population of 8 villagers, 10 smallholders, 1 slave, working 6 ploughs between them.

The survey records East and West Lutton’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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East and West Marton in the Domesday Book (1086)

East and West Marton 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 East and West Marton 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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East and West Morton in the Domesday Book (1086)

East and West Morton appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Skyrack in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Skyrack

The Meaning of the Name

The name East and West Morton 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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East and West Ness in the Domesday Book (1086)

East and West Ness is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Maneshou in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Maneshou

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name East and West Ness 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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East Appleton in the Domesday Book (1086)

East Appleton is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, 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 East Appleton 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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East Ardsley in the Domesday Book (1086)

East Ardsley is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Morley in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Morley

The Meaning of the Name

The name East Ardsley 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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East Ayton in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of East Ayton, entered under the hundred of Dic in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Dic

The Meaning of the Name

The name East Ayton 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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East Carlton in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Skyrack

The Meaning of the Name

The name East Carlton 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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