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Flaxby in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Burghshire

The Meaning of the Name

The name Flaxby 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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Flaxton in the Domesday Book (1086)

Flaxton 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 name Flaxton 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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Flinton in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Holderness [Middle Hundred]

The Meaning of the Name

The name Flinton 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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Flixton in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Flixton, entered under the hundred of Hunthow in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Flixton at 3 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Flixton supported a recorded population of 1 villager, 5 smallholders, 1 slave, working 3 ploughs between them.

The survey records Flixton’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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Flockton in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

Other Settlements in Agbrigg

The Meaning of the Name

The name Flockton 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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Flowergate in the Domesday Book (1086)

Flowergate is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Langbaurgh in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Flowergate at 3 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Flowergate supported a recorded population of 24 villagers, 8 smallholders, working 11 ploughs between them.

By 1086 Flowergate was worth 12 shillings, up from 11 shillings before the Conquest – in contrast to many Yorkshire neighbours whose valuations collapsed.

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Foggathorpe in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Foggathorpe, entered under the hundred of Cave in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Cave

The Meaning of the Name

The name Foggathorpe is of Scandinavian origin. Its final element derives from the Old Norse word þorp, an outlying or secondary farmstead. 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 outlying farm’.

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Folkton in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Folkton, entered under the hundred of Torbar in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Torbar

The Meaning of the Name

The name Folkton 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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Forcett in the Domesday Book (1086)

Forcett appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Land of Count Alan in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Forcett at 29.5 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Forcett supported a recorded population of 26 villagers, 13 smallholders, 6 slaves, working 22 ploughs between them.

The numbers record a sharp fall. Before 1066, Forcett was worth 20 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 14.25 shillings – a fall of 28%. 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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