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Great Barugh in the Domesday Book (1086)

Great Barugh appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Maneshou in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Maneshou

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Great Barugh 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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Great Braham in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Great Braham is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Burghshire in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Great Braham at 0.5 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Great Braham supported a recorded population of 2 villagers, 4 smallholders, working 2 ploughs between them.

The survey records Great Braham’s value at 10d 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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Great Broughton in the Domesday Book (1086)

Great Broughton appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Langbaurgh in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Great Broughton at 3 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Great Broughton supported a recorded population of 18 villagers, working 4 ploughs between them.

The survey puts Great Broughton’s value at 4 shillings, the same as before the Conquest. Unchanged valuations are relatively rare in the North, where disruption was widespread.

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Great Budworth in the Domesday Book (1086)

Great Budworth appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Bucklow in Cheshire.

Other Settlements in Bucklow

The Meaning of the Name

The name Great Budworth is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word worð, an enclosure or homestead. 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 enclosure’.

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Great Busby in the Domesday Book (1086)

Great Busby 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 Great Busby 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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Great Caldy in the Domesday Book (1086)

Great Caldy is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Willaston in Cheshire. The survey assessed Great Caldy at 0.3 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Great Caldy supported a recorded population of 3 villagers, 1 smallholder, 3 slaves, working 2 ploughs between them.

The survey records Great Caldy’s value at 10d 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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Great Cowden in the Domesday Book (1086)

Great Cowden 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 Great Cowden 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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Great Crakehall in the Domesday Book (1086)

Great Crakehall appears in the Domesday Book 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 origin of the name Great Crakehall 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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Great Driffield in the Domesday Book (1086)

Great Driffield is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Driffield in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Driffield

The Meaning of the Name

The name Great Driffield 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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