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East Newton in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of East Newton, entered under the hundred of Maneshou in Yorkshire. The survey assessed East Newton at 6.5 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, East Newton supported a recorded population of 12 villagers, 24 smallholders, 6 slaves, working 23 ploughs between them.

The drop in value is hard to miss. Before 1066, East Newton was worth 5 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 4 shillings – a fall of 19%. 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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East Rigton in the Domesday Book (1086)

East Rigton appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Skyrack in Yorkshire. The survey assessed East Rigton at 0.4 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, East Rigton supported a recorded population of 6 smallholders, 1 slave, working 4 ploughs between them.

The survey records East Rigton’s value at 15d 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 Rounton in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of East Rounton is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Langbaurgh in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Langbaurgh

The Meaning of the Name

The name East Rounton 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 Stainley in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Burghshire

The Meaning of the Name

The name East Stainley is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word lēah, a woodland clearing or glade, while the first element appears to represent stone (ON steinn). Taken together the name probably meant something close to ’the stone clearing’.

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East Tanfield in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of East Tanfield, entered under the hundred of Hallikeld in Yorkshire. The survey assessed East Tanfield at 132 carucates of taxable land.

Most significantly, East Tanfield is recorded as waste in 1086 - land rendered uninhabitable and valueless. Before the Conquest, the settlement had been assessed at 80.5 shillings; by 1086 that value had collapsed entirely. This pattern - prosperity before 1066, devastation by 1086 - is the unmistakable signature of the Harrying of the North , William I’s campaign of systematic destruction across Yorkshire in 1069–70.

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East Witton in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of East Witton, 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 Witton 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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Eastburn in the Domesday Book (1086)

Eastburn appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Craven in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Eastburn at 12 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Eastburn supported a recorded population of 3 villagers, 13 slaves, working 8 ploughs between them.

The survey records Eastburn’s value at 13.75 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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Eastburn in the Domesday Book (1086)

Eastburn appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Driffield in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Eastburn at 0.2 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Eastburn supported a recorded population of 6 villagers, 3 smallholders, 1 slave, working 2 ploughs between them.

The survey records Eastburn’s value at 1 shilling 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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Eastham in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Willaston

The Meaning of the Name

The name Eastham is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word hām, a homestead or village, while the first element appears to represent the eastern. Taken together the name probably meant something close to ’the eastern homestead’.

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