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Fairburn in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Barkston

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Fairburn 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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Falsgrave in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Dic

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Falsgrave 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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Fangfoss in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Fangfoss, entered under the hundred of Pocklington in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Pocklington

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Fangfoss 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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Farleton in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Farleton, entered under the hundred of Amounderness in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Amounderness

The Meaning of the Name

The name Farleton 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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Farleton in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Farleton, entered under the hundred of Amounderness in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Farleton at 20 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Farleton supported a recorded population of 18 villagers, 12 smallholders, 6 slaves, working 11 ploughs between them.

The survey records Farleton’s value at 19 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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Farley in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Blackwell

The Meaning of the Name

The name Farley 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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Farlington in the Domesday Book (1086)

Farlington appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Bulford in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Bulford

The Meaning of the Name

The name Farlington 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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Farmanby in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Farmanby, entered under the hundred of Dic in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Dic

The Meaning of the Name

The name Farmanby is of Scandinavian origin. Its final element derives from the Old Norse word bý, 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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Farndon in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Duddeston

The Meaning of the Name

The name Farndon is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word dūn, a hill. 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 hill’.

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