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East Cowton in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of East Cowton, 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 East Cowton 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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East Harlsey in the Domesday Book (1086)

East Harlsey appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Allerton in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Allerton

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name East Harlsey 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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East Hauxwell in the Domesday Book (1086)

East Hauxwell 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 East Hauxwell 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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East Heslerton in the Domesday Book (1086)

East 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 East 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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East Keswick in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Skyrack

The Meaning of the Name

The name East Keswick is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word wīc, a dwelling, dairy farm or trading settlement. 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 specialised farm’.

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East Layton in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of East Layton, 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 East 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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East Lilling in the Domesday Book (1086)

East Lilling is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Bulford in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Bulford

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name East 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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East Newton in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of East Newton, entered under the hundred of Holderness [Middle Hundred] in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Holderness [Middle Hundred]

The Meaning of the Name

The name East 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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East Newton in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of East Newton, entered under the hundred of Maneshou in Yorkshire. The survey assessed East Newton at 6.5 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, East Newton supported a recorded population of 12 villagers, 24 smallholders, 6 slaves, working 23 ploughs between them.

The drop in value is hard to miss. Before 1066, East Newton was worth 5 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 4 shillings – a fall of 19%. 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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