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Easthorpe in the Domesday Book (1086)

Easthorpe appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Weighton in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Weighton

The Meaning of the Name

The name Easthorpe is of Scandinavian origin. Its final element derives from the Old Norse word þorp, an outlying or secondary farmstead, while the first element appears to represent the eastern. Taken together the name probably meant something close to ’the eastern outlying farm’.

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Easton in the Domesday Book (1086)

Easton appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Hunthow in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Easton at 4.3 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Easton supported a recorded population of 1 villager, 14 smallholders, 35 freemanmen, working 8 ploughs between them.

By 1086 Easton was worth 5.3 shillings, up from 2.45 shillings before the Conquest – one of the few settlements in the area to hold its value through the upheaval.

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Eastrington in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

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The Meaning of the Name

The name Eastrington 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 eastern. Taken together the name probably meant something close to ’the eastern farmstead’.

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Eastwick in the Domesday Book (1086)

Eastwick appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Burghshire in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Burghshire

The Meaning of the Name

The name Eastwick is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word wīc, a dwelling, dairy farm or trading settlement, while the first element appears to represent the eastern. Taken together the name probably meant something close to ’the eastern specialised farm’.

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Eaton Dovedale in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Eaton Dovedale is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Appletree in Derbyshire.

Other Settlements in Appletree

The Meaning of the Name

The name Eaton Dovedale 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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Eaton in the Domesday Book (1086)

Eaton 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 name Eaton 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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Eavestone in the Domesday Book (1086)

Eavestone appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Burghshire in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Burghshire

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Eavestone 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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Ebberston in the Domesday Book (1086)

Ebberston appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Dic in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Ebberston at 60 carucates of taxable land.

The survey records Ebberston’s value at 0d 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.

The survey lists 2 manors at Ebberston under different lords. Splitting a single settlement between multiple tenants was common across the North – Saxon estates broken up and handed to William’s followers after 1066.

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Ecclesfield in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Ecclesfield, entered under the hundred of Strafforth in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Ecclesfield at 16.5 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Ecclesfield supported a recorded population of 60 villagers, 30 smallholders, 2 slaves, working 30 ploughs between them.

The survey records Ecclesfield’s value at 7 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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