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Middleton in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Middleton, entered under the hundred of Langbaurgh in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Langbaurgh

The Meaning of the Name

The name Middleton is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word tūn, a farmstead or village, while the first element appears to represent the middle. Taken together the name probably meant something close to ’the middle farmstead’.

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Middleton in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Middleton, entered under the hundred of Amounderness in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Amounderness

The Meaning of the Name

The name Middleton is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word tūn, a farmstead or village, while the first element appears to represent the middle. Taken together the name probably meant something close to ’the middle farmstead’.

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Middleton in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Middleton, entered under the hundred of Blackwell in Derbyshire.

Other Settlements in Blackwell

The Meaning of the Name

The name Middleton is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word tūn, a farmstead or village, while the first element appears to represent the middle. Taken together the name probably meant something close to ’the middle farmstead’.

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Middleton in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Dic

The Meaning of the Name

The name Middleton is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word tūn, a farmstead or village, while the first element appears to represent the middle. Taken together the name probably meant something close to ’the middle farmstead’.

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Middleton in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Middleton, entered under the hundred of Hamston in Derbyshire. The survey assessed Middleton at 7.2 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Middleton supported a recorded population of 16 villagers, 17 smallholders, 1 slave, 2 freemanmen, working 12 ploughs between them.

By 1086 Middleton was worth 11.5 shillings, up from 8.5 shillings before the Conquest – which sets it apart from the many nearby villages left waste or devalued.

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Middleton in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Middleton, entered under the hundred of Langbaurgh in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Langbaurgh

The Meaning of the Name

The name Middleton is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word tūn, a farmstead or village, while the first element appears to represent the middle. Taken together the name probably meant something close to ’the middle farmstead’.

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Middleton in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Middleton, entered under the hundred of Morley in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Morley

The Meaning of the Name

The name Middleton is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word tūn, a farmstead or village, while the first element appears to represent the middle. Taken together the name probably meant something close to ’the middle farmstead’.

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Middleton in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Middleton, entered under the hundred of Skyrack in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Middleton at 3 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Middleton supported a recorded population of 1 villager, 4 smallholders, 2 slaves, working 1 plough between them.

By 1086 Middleton was worth 3.5 shillings, up from 2 shillings before the Conquest – which sets it apart from the many nearby villages left waste or devalued.

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Middleton on the Wolds in the Domesday Book (1086)

Middleton on the Wolds is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Sneculfcros in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Middleton on the Wolds at 1 carucate of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Middleton on the Wolds supported a recorded population of 20 villagers, 5 smallholders, 6 slaves, working 5 ploughs between them.

The survey puts Middleton on the Wolds’s value at 8 shillings, the same as before the Conquest. Unchanged valuations are relatively rare in the North, where disruption was widespread.