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Marrick in the Domesday Book (1086)

Marrick 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 Marrick 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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Marsh? in the Domesday Book (1086)

Marsh? is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Litchurch in Derbyshire. The survey assessed Marsh? at 4.5 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Marsh? supported a recorded population of 6 villagers, 6 smallholders, 6 slaves, working 6 ploughs between them.

By 1086 Marsh? was worth 10 shillings, up from 4.35 shillings before the Conquest – in contrast to many Yorkshire neighbours whose valuations collapsed.

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Marske by the Sea in the Domesday Book (1086)

Marske by the Sea 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 origin of the name Marske by the Sea 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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Marston -on-Dove in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Marston -on-Dove is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Appletree in Derbyshire.

Other Settlements in Appletree

The Meaning of the Name

The name Marston -on-Dove 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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Marston Montgomery? in the Domesday Book (1086)

Marston Montgomery? is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Appletree in Derbyshire. The survey assessed Marston Montgomery? at 11 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Marston Montgomery? supported a recorded population of 6 villagers, 4 slaves, working 16 ploughs between them.

The survey records Marston Montgomery?’s value at 10 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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Martin Garth in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Martin Garth, entered under the hundred of Dic in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Dic

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Martin Garth 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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Martin in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Amounderness

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Martin 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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Martin in the Domesday Book (1086)

Martin is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of [West] Derby in Cheshire. The survey assessed Martin at 1 carucate of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Martin supported a recorded population of 1 villager.

The survey records Martin’s value at 3d 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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Marton in Cleveland in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Marton in Cleveland is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Langbaurgh in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Marton in Cleveland at 6 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Marton in Cleveland supported a recorded population of 9 villagers, working 4 ploughs between them.

The valuation dropped between 1066 and 1086. Before 1066, Marton in Cleveland was worth 2 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 1 shilling – a fall of 50%. 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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