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Witton in the Domesday Book (1086)

Witton is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Middlewich in Cheshire. The survey assessed Witton at 2 carucates of taxable land.

The survey records Witton’s value at 1 shilling 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.

Resources Recorded at Witton (1086)

  • Mills: 1 mill (valued at 2d)

Other Settlements in Middlewich

The Meaning of the Name

The name Witton 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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Wold Newton in the Domesday Book (1086)

Wold Newton is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Torbar in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Wold Newton at 8 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Wold Newton supported a recorded population of 6 villagers, 1 smallholder, working 6 ploughs between them.

Something went badly wrong here between the two surveys. Before 1066, Wold Newton was worth 6 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 5.11 shillings – a fall of 14%. Most Yorkshire villages that lost value on this scale were swept up in the Harrying of the North – William’s scorched-earth campaign of 1069–70.

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Wolfreton in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Hessle

The Meaning of the Name

The name Wolfreton 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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Wombleton in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Maneshou

The Meaning of the Name

The name Wombleton 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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Wombwell in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Strafforth

The Meaning of the Name

The name Wombwell is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word wella, a spring or stream. 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 spring’.

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Womersley in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Osgodcross

The Meaning of the Name

The name Womersley 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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Woodplumpton in the Domesday Book (1086)

Woodplumpton appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Amounderness in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Amounderness

The Meaning of the Name

The name Woodplumpton 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 wood. Taken together the name probably meant something close to ’the wood farmstead’.

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Wooldale in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

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The Meaning of the Name

The name Wooldale is of Scandinavian origin. Its final element derives from the Old Norse word dalr, a valley. 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 valley’.

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Woolley in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Woolley, entered under the hundred of Staincross in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Staincross

The Meaning of the Name

The name Woolley 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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