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Thorpe le Street in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Thorpe le Street, entered under the hundred of Pocklington in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Pocklington

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Thorpe le Street 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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Thorpe le Willows in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Thorpe le Willows is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Yarlestre in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Yarlestre

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Thorpe le Willows 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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Thorpe Lidget in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Howden

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Thorpe Lidget 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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Thorpe on the Hill in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Thorpe on the Hill is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Morley in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Morley

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Thorpe on the Hill 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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Thorpe Salvin in the Domesday Book (1086)

Thorpe Salvin is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Strafforth in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Strafforth

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Thorpe Salvin 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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Thorpe Stapleton in the Domesday Book (1086)

Thorpe Stapleton appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Skyrack in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Skyrack

The Meaning of the Name

The name Thorpe Stapleton 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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Thorpe Underwood in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Burghshire

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Thorpe Underwood 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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Thorpe Willoughby in the Domesday Book (1086)

Thorpe Willoughby appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Barkston in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Thorpe Willoughby at 0.4 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Thorpe Willoughby supported a recorded population of 14 villagers, 8 smallholders, 3 slaves, working 8 ploughs between them.

The survey records Thorpe Willoughby’s value at 2.5 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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Thorpefield in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Dic

The Meaning of the Name

The name Thorpefield 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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