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Calcot in the Domesday Book (1086)

Calcot appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Ati’s Cross in Cheshire.

Other Settlements in Ati’s Cross

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Calcot 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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Caldbergh in the Domesday Book (1086)

Caldbergh 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 origin of the name Caldbergh 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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Caldecott in the Domesday Book (1086)

Caldecott appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Duddeston in Cheshire.

Other Settlements in Duddeston

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Caldecott 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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Caldenesche in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Caldenesche, entered under the hundred of Langbaurgh in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Langbaurgh

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Caldenesche 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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Caldeuuelle in the Domesday Book (1086)

Caldeuuelle is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Burghshire in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Caldeuuelle at 10 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Caldeuuelle supported a recorded population of 8 villagers, 4 smallholders, 3 slaves, working 2 ploughs between them.

The survey puts Caldeuuelle’s value at 7 shillings, the same as before the Conquest. Unchanged valuations are relatively rare in the North, where disruption was widespread.

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Caldeuuelle in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Hallikeld

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Caldeuuelle 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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Caldwell in the Domesday Book (1086)

Caldwell 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 Caldwell 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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Caldwell in the Domesday Book (1086)

Caldwell is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Walecros in Derbyshire. The survey assessed Caldwell at 7 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Caldwell supported a recorded population of 16 villagers, 16 smallholders, 3 slaves, working 12 ploughs between them.

By 1086 Caldwell was worth 10 shillings, up from 8 shillings before the Conquest – in contrast to many Yorkshire neighbours whose valuations collapsed.

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Callow in the Domesday Book (1086)

Callow appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Hamston in Derbyshire.

Other Settlements in Hamston

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Callow 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.