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Waruelestorp in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Bulford

The Meaning of the Name

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

Wassand Hall 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 origin of the name Wassand 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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Water Fryston in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Water Fryston, entered under the hundred of Osgodcross in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Osgodcross

The Meaning of the Name

The name Water Fryston 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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Water Fulford in the Domesday Book (1086)

Water Fulford is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Warter in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Warter

The Meaning of the Name

The name Water Fulford 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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Wath in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Wath, entered under the hundred of Land of Count Alan in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Land of Count Alan

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Wath 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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Wath in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Wath, entered under the hundred of Maneshou in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Maneshou

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Wath 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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Wath upon Dearne in the Domesday Book (1086)

Wath upon Dearne is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Strafforth in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Wath upon Dearne at 2.8 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Wath upon Dearne supported a recorded population of 3 villagers, working 1 plough between them.

The survey records Wath upon Dearne’s value at 5d 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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Watrefeld in the Domesday Book (1086)

Watrefeld 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 origin of the name Watrefeld 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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Watton in the Domesday Book (1086)

Watton is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Sneculfcros in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Watton at 1.8 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Watton supported a recorded population of 3 villagers, 4 smallholders, 6 slaves, working 3 ploughs between them.

By 1086 Watton was worth 2.1 shillings, up from 1.06 shillings before the Conquest – in contrast to many Yorkshire neighbours whose valuations collapsed.

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