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Middleton Quernhow in the Domesday Book (1086)

Middleton Quernhow 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 name Middleton Quernhow 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 Tyas in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Middleton Tyas, entered under the hundred of Land of Count Alan in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Land of Count Alan

The Meaning of the Name

The name Middleton Tyas 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 upon Leven in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Langbaurgh

The Meaning of the Name

The name Middleton upon Leven 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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Middlewich in the Domesday Book (1086)

Middlewich appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Middlewich in Cheshire.

Other Settlements in Middlewich

The Meaning of the Name

The name Middlewich is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word wīc, a dwelling or (in Cheshire) a salt-working settlement, while the first element appears to represent the middle. Taken together the name probably meant something close to ’the middle salt town’.

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Midgley in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Morley

The Meaning of the Name

The name Midgley is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word lēah, a woodland clearing or glade, while the first element appears to represent the middle. Taken together the name probably meant something close to ’the middle clearing’.

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Milby in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Milby is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Hallikeld in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Hallikeld

The Meaning of the Name

The name Milby 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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Milford in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Milford, entered under the hundred of Morleystone in Derbyshire.

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The Meaning of the Name

The name Milford is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word ford, a river crossing. 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 ford’.

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Millington in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Millington, entered under the hundred of Tunendune in Cheshire.

Other Settlements in Tunendune

The Meaning of the Name

The name Millington 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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Millington in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Millington, entered under the hundred of Warter in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Millington at 2.4 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Millington supported a recorded population of 15 villagers, 9 smallholders, 9 slaves, working 8 ploughs between them.

The survey records Millington’s value at 3.5 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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