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Normanebi in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Normanebi, 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 Normanebi 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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Normanton in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Agbrigg

The Meaning of the Name

The name Normanton 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 northern. Taken together the name probably meant something close to ’the northern farmstead’.

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Normanton in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Normanton is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Litchurch in Derbyshire. The survey assessed Normanton at 4 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Normanton supported a recorded population of 13 villagers, 7 smallholders, working 8 ploughs between them.

The valuation dropped between 1066 and 1086. Before 1066, Normanton was worth 4 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 2 shillings – 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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North and South Newbald in the Domesday Book (1086)

North and South Newbald is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Cave in Yorkshire. The survey assessed North and South Newbald at 7.1 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, North and South Newbald supported a recorded population of 3 villagers, 16 smallholders, 1 slave, 20 freemanmen, working 9 ploughs between them.

By 1086 North and South Newbald was worth 8.25 shillings, up from 4.5 shillings before the Conquest – in contrast to many Yorkshire neighbours whose valuations collapsed.

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North Anston in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of North Anston, entered under the hundred of Strafforth in Yorkshire. The survey assessed North Anston at 5 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, North Anston supported a recorded population of 13 villagers, 9 smallholders, 5 slaves, working 11 ploughs between them.

The survey records North Anston’s value at 7 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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North Bierley in the Domesday Book (1086)

North Bierley appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Morley in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Morley

The Meaning of the Name

The name North Bierley is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word lēah, a woodland clearing or glade. 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 clearing’.

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North Cave in the Domesday Book (1086)

North Cave appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Cave in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Cave

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name North Cave 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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North Cliffe in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of North Cliffe, entered under the hundred of Weighton in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Weighton

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name North Cliffe 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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North Cowton in the Domesday Book (1086)

North Cowton is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 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 North Cowton 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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