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Seaton in the Domesday Book (1086)

Seaton appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Holderness [North Hundred] in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Holderness [North Hundred]

The Meaning of the Name

The name Seaton 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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Seaton Ross in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Cave

The Meaning of the Name

The name Seaton Ross 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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Sedbergh in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Amounderness

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Sedbergh 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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Sedsall in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Sedsall, entered under the hundred of Appletree in Derbyshire. The survey assessed Sedsall at 0.5 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Sedsall supported a recorded population of 3 villagers, 3 slaves, working 1 plough between them.

By 1086 Sedsall was worth 2 shillings, up from 1 shilling before the Conquest – which sets it apart from the many nearby villages left waste or devalued.

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Sefton in the Domesday Book (1086)

Sefton appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of [West] Derby in Cheshire.

Other Settlements in [West] Derby

The Meaning of the Name

The name Sefton 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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Selby in the Domesday Book (1086)

Selby appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Barkston in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Selby at 4.2 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Selby supported a recorded population of 5 villagers, 2 slaves, working 2 ploughs between them.

The survey puts Selby’s value at 1 shilling, the same as before the Conquest. Unchanged valuations are relatively rare in the North, where disruption was widespread.

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Selside in the Domesday Book (1086)

Selside appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Craven in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Craven

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Selside 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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Sessay in the Domesday Book (1086)

Sessay appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Yarlestre in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Yarlestre

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Sessay 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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Settle in the Domesday Book (1086)

Settle appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Craven in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Craven

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Settle 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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