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West Heslerton in the Domesday Book (1086)

West Heslerton appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Toreshou in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Toreshou

The Meaning of the Name

The name West Heslerton 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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West Layton in the Domesday Book (1086)

West Layton appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Land of Count Alan in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Land of Count Alan

The Meaning of the Name

The name West Layton 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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West Lilling in the Domesday Book (1086)

West Lilling appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Bulford in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Bulford

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name West Lilling 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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West Melton in the Domesday Book (1086)

West Melton appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Strafforth in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Strafforth

The Meaning of the Name

The name West Melton 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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West Newton Grange in the Domesday Book (1086)

West Newton Grange is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Maneshou in Yorkshire. The survey assessed West Newton Grange at 12.4 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, West Newton Grange supported a recorded population of 1 villager, 28 smallholders, 7 slaves, working 11 ploughs between them.

By 1086 West Newton Grange was worth 13 shillings, up from 11 shillings before the Conquest – in contrast to many Yorkshire neighbours whose valuations collapsed.

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West Newton in the Domesday Book (1086)

West Newton appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Holderness [Middle Hundred] in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Holderness [Middle Hundred]

The Meaning of the Name

The name West Newton is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word tūn, a farmstead or village, while the first element appears to represent the new. Taken together the name probably meant something close to ’the new farmstead’.

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West Rounton in the Domesday Book (1086)

West Rounton is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Allerton in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Allerton

The Meaning of the Name

The name West Rounton 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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West Scrafton in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Land of Count Alan

The Meaning of the Name

The name West Scrafton 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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West Tanfield in the Domesday Book (1086)

West Tanfield is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Land of Count Alan in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Land of Count Alan

The Meaning of the Name

The name West Tanfield 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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