The settlement of Higher and Lower Shurlach is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Middlewich in Cheshire.
Higher and Lower Whitley appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Bucklow in Cheshire.
Hildenley Hall is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Bulford in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Hildenley Hall at 50 carucates of taxable land.
Most significantly, Hildenley Hall is recorded as waste in 1086 — land rendered uninhabitable and valueless. Before the Conquest, the settlement had been assessed at 24 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.
Hilderthorpe appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Hunthow in Yorkshire.
Hillam is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Amounderness in Yorkshire.
Hillgrips is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Dic in Yorkshire.
The settlement of Hilston is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Holderness [South Hundred] in Yorkshire.
Hilton appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Appletree in Derbyshire.
Hilton appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Burghshire in Yorkshire.