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Padfield and Little Padfield in the Domesday Book (1086)

Padfield and Little Padfield is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Blackwell in Derbyshire.

Other Settlements in Blackwell

The Meaning of the Name

The name Padfield and Little Padfield is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word feld, open country. 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 open land’.

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Padinc in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Scarsdale

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Padinc 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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Painley in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Painley, entered under the hundred of Craven in Yorkshire.

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The Meaning of the Name

The name Painley 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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Painsthorpe in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Painsthorpe is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Acklam in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Painsthorpe at 5.2 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Painsthorpe supported a recorded population of 2 slaves.

The survey records Painsthorpe’s value at 2.31 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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Pallathorpe in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

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The Meaning of the Name

The name Pallathorpe is of Scandinavian origin. Its final element derives from the Old Norse word þorp, an outlying or secondary farmstead. 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 outlying farm’.

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Palterton in the Domesday Book (1086)

Palterton appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Scarsdale in Derbyshire.

Other Settlements in Scarsdale

The Meaning of the Name

The name Palterton 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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Parlington in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Parlington is recorded as waste in the 1086 survey. The waste designation appears to predate the Norman Conquest - suggesting the settlement had already been struggling before 1066, though the subsequent Harrying of the North in 1069–70 would have made recovery significantly harder.

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Parwich in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Parwich, entered under the hundred of Hamston in Derbyshire.

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The Meaning of the Name

The name Parwich is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word wīc, a dwelling or (in Cheshire) a salt-working settlement. 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 salt town’.

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Patrick Brompton in the Domesday Book (1086)

Patrick Brompton 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 Patrick Brompton 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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