The settlement of Wentworth is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Strafforth in Yorkshire.
The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Wepre, entered under the hundred of Ati’s Cross in Cheshire.
Werneth is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Hamestan in Cheshire. The survey assessed Werneth at 2 carucates of taxable land.
At the time of the survey, Werneth supported a recorded population of 1 villager, 5 smallholders, 4 slaves, working 2 ploughs between them.
By 1086 Werneth was worth 1 shilling, up from 15d before the Conquest – in contrast to many Yorkshire neighbours whose valuations collapsed.
Werredune appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Hamston in Derbyshire.
The settlement of Wervin is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Willaston in Cheshire.
The settlement of Wessington is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Scarsdale in Derbyshire.
The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of West Ardsley, entered under the hundred of Morley in Yorkshire.
The settlement of West Ayton is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Dic in Yorkshire. The survey assessed West Ayton at 7.1 carucates of taxable land.
At the time of the survey, West Ayton supported a recorded population of 1 villager, 3 smallholders, 2 slaves, working 5 ploughs between them.
The survey records West Ayton’s value at 6 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.
The settlement of West Bolton is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Land of Count Alan in Yorkshire.