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Upper Cumberworth in the Domesday Book (1086)

Upper Cumberworth is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Staincross in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Staincross

The Meaning of the Name

The name Upper Cumberworth is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word worð, an enclosure or homestead. 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 enclosure’.

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Upper Denby in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Upper Denby, entered under the hundred of Agbrigg in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Agbrigg

The Meaning of the Name

The name Upper Denby 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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Upper Helmsley in the Domesday Book (1086)

Upper Helmsley appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Bulford in Yorkshire.

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The Meaning of the Name

The name Upper Helmsley 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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Upper Hopton in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Upper Hopton, entered under the hundred of Agbrigg in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Upper Hopton at 4 carucates of taxable land.

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

The survey records Upper Hopton’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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Upper Poppleton in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Upper Poppleton, entered under the hundred of Ainsty in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Upper Poppleton at 7 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Upper Poppleton supported a recorded population of 10 villagers, 7 smallholders, 3 slaves, working 6 ploughs between them.

The survey records Upper Poppleton’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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Upper Rawcliffe in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Upper Rawcliffe, entered under the hundred of Amounderness in Yorkshire.

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The Meaning of the Name

The name Upper Rawcliffe 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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Upperthong in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Upperthong, entered under the hundred of Agbrigg in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Agbrigg

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Upperthong 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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Upsall Hall in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Langbaurgh

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Upsall Hall 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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Upsall in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

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The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Upsall 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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