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Mackworth in the Domesday Book (1086)

Mackworth appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Litchurch in Derbyshire.

Other Settlements in Litchurch

The Meaning of the Name

The name Mackworth 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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Maen-Efa in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Maen-Efa, entered under the hundred of Ati’s Cross in Cheshire.

Other Settlements in Ati’s Cross

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Maen-Efa 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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Maghull in the Domesday Book (1086)

Maghull is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of [West] Derby in Cheshire.

Other Settlements in [West] Derby

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Maghull 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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Makeney in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Makeney is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Morleystone in Derbyshire.

Other Settlements in Morleystone

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Makeney 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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Malham in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Malham, entered under the hundred of Craven in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Malham at 1 carucate of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Malham supported a recorded population of 21 villagers, 10 smallholders, 3 slaves, working 15 ploughs between them.

The survey records Malham’s value at 11.75 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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Malkton in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Malkton, entered under the hundred of Ainsty in Yorkshire.

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The Meaning of the Name

The name Malkton 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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Malpas in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Malpas, entered under the hundred of Duddeston in Cheshire.

Other Settlements in Duddeston

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Malpas 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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Maltby in the Domesday Book (1086)

Maltby appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Langbaurgh in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Langbaurgh

The Meaning of the Name

The name Maltby 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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Maltby in the Domesday Book (1086)

Maltby appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Strafforth in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Maltby at 5.8 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Maltby supported a recorded population of 19 villagers, 24 smallholders, 1 slave, working 10 ploughs between them.

The numbers record a sharp fall. Before 1066, Maltby was worth 11.6 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 10.05 shillings – a fall of 13%. 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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