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Pulford in the Domesday Book (1086)

Pulford is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Duddeston in Cheshire.

Other Settlements in Duddeston

The Meaning of the Name

The name Pulford 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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Purston Jaglin in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Osgodcross

The Meaning of the Name

The name Purston Jaglin 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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Quarmby in the Domesday Book (1086)

Quarmby appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Agbrigg in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Agbrigg

The Meaning of the Name

The name Quarmby 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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Quarndon in the Domesday Book (1086)

Quarndon appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Litchurch in Derbyshire.

Other Settlements in Litchurch

The Meaning of the Name

The name Quarndon is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word dūn, a hill. 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 hill’.

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Raby in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Raby is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Willaston in Cheshire.

Other Settlements in Willaston

The Meaning of the Name

The name Raby 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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Radbourne in the Domesday Book (1086)

Radbourne is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Litchurch in Derbyshire.

Other Settlements in Litchurch

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Radbourne 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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Radcliffe in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Radcliffe is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Salford in Cheshire.

Other Settlements in Salford

The Meaning of the Name

The name Radcliffe is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word clif, a cliff or steep slope. 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 slope’.

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Radenoure in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Radenoure, entered under the hundred of Exestan in Cheshire.

Other Settlements in Exestan

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Radenoure 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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Radholme Laund in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Craven

The Meaning of the Name

The name Radholme Laund is of Scandinavian origin. Its final element derives from the Old Norse word holmr, an island or patch of raised ground in marsh. 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 island’.

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