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Wingerworth in the Domesday Book (1086)

Wingerworth is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Scarsdale in Derbyshire.

Other Settlements in Scarsdale

The Meaning of the Name

The name Wingerworth 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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Winksley in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Winksley 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 name Winksley 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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Winkton in the Domesday Book (1086)

Winkton is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Holderness [North Hundred] in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Winkton at 4.2 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Winkton supported a recorded population of 19 villagers, 9 smallholders, 4 slaves, working 21 ploughs between them.

The survey records Winkton’s value at 23 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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Winnington in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Winnington is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Ruloe in Cheshire.

Other Settlements in Ruloe

The Meaning of the Name

The name Winnington 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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Winshill in the Domesday Book (1086)

Winshill appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Offlow in STS.

Other Settlements in Offlow

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Winshill 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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Winster in the Domesday Book (1086)

Winster is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Hamston in Derbyshire.

Other Settlements in Hamston

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Winster 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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Winterburn in the Domesday Book (1086)

Winterburn is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Craven in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Winterburn at 3 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Winterburn supported a recorded population of 3 villagers, 4 smallholders, 7 slaves, working 3 ploughs between them.

The survey puts Winterburn’s value at 2.5 shillings, the same as before the Conquest. Unchanged valuations are relatively rare in the North, where disruption was widespread.

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Winton in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Winton, entered under the hundred of Allerton in Yorkshire.

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The Meaning of the Name

The name Winton 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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Wintringham in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Wintringham, entered under the hundred of Scard in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Scard

The Meaning of the Name

The name Wintringham is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word hām, a homestead 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 homestead’.

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