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Arncliffe Hall in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Arncliffe Hall, entered under the hundred of Allerton in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Allerton

The Meaning of the Name

The name Arncliffe Hall is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word clif, a cliff or steep slope. 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 slope’.

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Arncliffe in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Arncliffe, entered under the hundred of Craven in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Arncliffe at 6 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Arncliffe supported a recorded population of 30 villagers, 23 freemanmen, working 12 ploughs between them.

The drop in value is hard to miss. Before 1066, Arncliffe was worth 8.5 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 8 shillings – a fall of 5%. 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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Arnestorp in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Arnestorp, 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 Arnestorp 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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Arnford in the Domesday Book (1086)

Arnford appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Craven in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Arnford at 5 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Arnford supported a recorded population of 14 villagers, 1 smallholder, 5 slaves, working 9 ploughs between them.

The survey records Arnford’s value at 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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Arnodestorp in the Domesday Book (1086)

Arnodestorp is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Langbaurgh in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Arnodestorp at 11.2 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Arnodestorp supported a recorded population of 28 villagers, 11 smallholders, 8 slaves, working 17 ploughs between them.

Something went badly wrong here between the two surveys. Before 1066, Arnodestorp was worth 11 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 10 shillings – a fall of 9%. 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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Arram in the Domesday Book (1086)

Arram is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 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 Arram 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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Arthington in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Skyrack

The Meaning of the Name

The name Arthington 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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Ascam in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Ascam, 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 Ascam 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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Ascham in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Ascham is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 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 Ascham 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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