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Yorkshire: East Riding H-P

Hagthorpe
Achetorp: Bishop of Durham; Gilbert de Tison.
Moated Hagthorpe Hall.
Haisthorpe
Aschel / Aschiltorp: King's land; St. John's Church, Beverley, from Archbishop of York before and after 1066.
Moated site.
Halsham
Halsam / -sem / Halsham: Archbishop of York, before and after 1066 and 2 knights from him; Gumar from Drogo de Beuvriere.
Monuments to the Constables, descended from one of the knights, are in the church and mausoleum.
Hanging Grimston
Grimeston(e): St. Mary's Church, York (given by Odo the Crossbowman); Osward and Rodmund from the king.

Harpham
Arpen / Harpein: King's land.
Manor house earthworks.
Harswell
Erseuuelle: King's land.
Manor house; moated site.
Hawold
Holde: King's land; Archbishop of York.
Haywold Farm.
Hayton
Haiton(e): King's land; William de Percy.
Roman fort site.
Helperthorpe
Elpetorp: Archbishop of York.
Manor house; long barrow.
Heslington
Eslinton / Haslinton: Archbishop of York; Count Alan; Hugh FitzBaldric.
Victorianised hall, the centre of York university.
Hessle
Hase: Ralph de Mortimer; Gilbert de Tison. Church.
Outer suburb of Hull; late 13th century church. Hull was a chapelry of Hessle until 1661.
Hilderthorpe
Hilgertorp / Hilgretorp: King's land; Count of Mortain; Clibert, the pre-Conquest holder, from the king.
Suburb of Bridlington. Medieval village earthworks.
Hilston
Heldeuueston / Heldouestun: Drogo de Beuvriere.

Hive
Hidon: Bishop of Durham.
Adjoining Sandholme; moated site.
Hollym
Holam / Holun: Drogo de Beuvriere.

Holme-on-the-Wolds
Hougon: Bishop of Durham and Nigel Fossard from him.

Holme-under-Spalding-Moor
Holme: Gilbert de Tison and Geoffrey from him. Church.
13th century church with Norman masonry and a pre-Conquest carved stone.
Holmpton
Holmetone / -tune / Ulmeton: Walter from Drogo de Beuvriere.
Hall.
Hornsea
Hornesse(i): Drogo de Beuvriere and Wizo from him. Church.
13th century church.
Hornsea Burton
Bortun / Burtune: Drogo de Beuvriere.
Suburb of Hornsea. The medieval village was washed away by the sea.
Hotham
Hode / Hodhu: King's land; Bishop of Durham; Count of Mortain and Nigel Fossard from him; Robert Malet. Mill.
Manor Farm.
Houghton
Houeton(e) / -tun / Oueton: King's land; Robert Malet; Hunfrid from Gilbert de Tison.
Houghton Hall; manor farm.
Howden
Houed' / Houeden(e): Bishop of Durham. Church.
Town with the remains of an episcopal manor house and church.
Howsham
Huson: Count of Mortain. Mill.
Water-mill, now derelict.
Huggate
Hughete: King's land; Ernuin the priest from the king.
Tumuli; pond may be Anglo-Danish in origin.
Humbleton
Humeltone / Umeltun: Drogo de Beuvriere.
Manor house.
Hunmanby
Hundemanebi: Gilbert de Ghent. Church.
Norman church; Low Hall, formerly the manor house.
Hunsley
Hund(r)eslege: Bishop of Durham; Hugh FitzBaldric.
The area of High Hunsley; Low Hunsley Farm.
Hutton
Hotone / Hot(t)une: Nigel Fossard from Count of Mortain; Hugh FitzBaldric.
Adjoining Cranswick.

Kelfield
Chelchefeld / felt: Count Alan; Hugh FitzBaldric.

Kelleythorpe
Calgestorp: King's land; St. John's Church, Beverley, from Archbishop of York. Mill.

Kendale
Cheldal(e): King's land.
Great and Little Kendale Farms.
Kennythorpe
Cheretorp: Hugh FitzBaldric and Geoffrey from him.

Kettlethorpe
Torp: Robert Malet.
Kettlethorpe Farm.
Keyingham
C(h)aingeham: Drogo de Beuvriere; William Malet, according to the men of Holderness. Church.
Populous; Keyingham Grange; late 13th century church.
Kilham
Chillon / Chillun: King's land; Odo the Crossbowman; Ernuin the priest, the pre-Conquest holder.
Evidence of continuous settlement since Neolithic times; medieval street plan.
Kilnsea
Chilnesse: Drogo de Beuvriere.

Kilnwick
Chileuuid / uuit: King's land; Nigel Fossard from Count of Mortain.

Kilnwick Percy
Chelingewic / Chileuuic / Chilleuuinc: King's land. Hall.
18th century hall.
Kilpin
Chelpin: Bishop of Durham.
Hall.
Kiplingcotes
Climbi / Clinbicote: St. John's Church, Beverley, from Archbishop of York before and after 1066; Richard Surdeval from Count of Mortain (in dispute); William de Percy.
Kipling House, on the site of a medieval village.
Kirby Grindalythe
Chirchebi: King's land; Count of Mortain and Nigel Fossard from him.

Kirby Underdale
Cherchebi / Chirchebi: King's land; Hernegrim the monk and Seward, the pre-Conquest holders, from the king.
Manor house; late 11th century church.
Kirkburn
Burnous / Westburne: King's land.
Manor house.
Kirk Ella
Aluengi: Count of Mortain and Nigel Fossard from him; Ralph de Mortimer; Gilbert de Tison; Hugh FitzBaldric. Church.
Suburb of Hull.
Kirkham
Chercan: Count of Mortain. Mill, church.
The priory, founded c.1125, was centred on the Domesday church, which was replaced around 1150; finely preserved gatehouse.
Knapton
Cnateton(e): Ralph de Mortimer.
Hall. Near Staple Howe, one of the earliest Iron Age settlements in Britain.
Knedlington
Cledinton: Bishop of Durham.

Langthorpe
La'be / Lambe / Lanbetorp: Drogo de Beuvriere; William Malet, according to the men of Holderness.
Langthorpe Hall.
Langtoft
Lang(h)etou: King's land; St. Peter's Church, York, from Archbishop of York.

Langton
Lanton: Hugh FitzBaldric and Geoffrey from him.
Roman villa site nearby. The triple dykes on Langton Wold are late Iron Age.
Langwith
Languelt: Count Alan; Hugh FitzBaldric.
Langwith Lodge; mound of a former hunting lodge.
Laxton
Laxinton: Bishop of Durham.
Manor house.
Laytham
Ladon(e): Count of Mortain and Nigel Fossard from him; Gilbert de Tison.

Leavening
Alia Ledlinge / Ledling(h)e: Count of Mortain; 2 of the king' thanes.

Leconfield
Lachinfeld / felt: St. John's Church, Beverley, from Archbishop of York; Count of Mortain and Nigel Fossard from him; William de Percy. 11 fisheries.
Remains of the moat of the Percy family castle.
Lelley Dyke
Dic(he): Drogo de Beuvriere.
Lelley Dyke Farm.
Leppington
Lepinton: Count of Mortain.
Norman castle mound.
Leven
Leuene: Archbishop of York. Church.
Early Victorian church with Saxon sculpture.
Linton
Linton: Ralph de Mortimer.
Linton Farm; site of a medieval village.
Lissett
Lessete: Drogo de Beuvriere.
Church with part of a Saxon tombstone.
Little Cowden
Coldun: Drogo de Beuvriere.

Little Driffield
Drigelinghe: King's land.
Church with a fragment of a Saxon cross. Aldfrith, King of Northumbria (d.705) is reputedly buried here.
Little Givendale
Alia Geuedale: King's land; Archbishop of York.
Little Givendale Farm; house sites, remains of a village deserted in the 15th century.
Little Hatfield
Hei(e)feld: Drogo de Beuvriere and Rayner from him.
Manor farm.
Little Kelk
Alia Chelch / Chelche: King's land.

Little Weighton
Wideton(e): Hugh FitzBaldric. 2 mills.
Expanded.
Lockington
Lecheton / Locheton: St. John's Church, Beverley, from Archbishop of York; Count of Mortain and Nigel Fossard from him. Mill.
Remains of the Fossard family castle.
Londesborough
Lodenesburg: Archbishop of York.
Park; church with an Anglo-Danish 11th century cross-head.
Long Riston
Riston / tun(e): Drogo de Beuvriere and Gerbodo from him.
Manor house.
Lowthorpe
Langetorp / Log(h)etorp: King's land; St. John's Church, Beverley, from Archbishop of York before and after 1066; Game from the king. Church.
Church with an Anglo-Saxon cross-head.
Lund (near Beverley)
Lont: Bishop of Durham.

Lund (in Bubwith)
Lont: Ralph de Mortimer; Gilbert de Tison.

Lutton
Ludton: Archbishop of York.
Now East Lutton, a hamlet, and the village of West Lutton.

Mappleton
Mapletone: Drogo de Beuvriere. 100 acres of meadow.
On the coast; much meadow land.
Marfleet
Mereflet / flot: Drogo de Beuvriere's men from him; Archbishop of York before and after 1066.
Suburb of Hull.
Market Weighton
Wicstun: King's land.
Town. Its church retains some 11th century work; Iron Age Barrow cemetery at Arras.
Marton (in Bridlington)
Marton(e) / tun: King's land; St. Peter's Church, York, from Archbishop of York before and after 1066; Count of Mortain; Clibert, the pre-Conquest holder, from the king.
Marton Hall, formerly the manor house.
Marton (in Burton Constable)
Meretone / tune: Drogo de Beuvriere and Franco from him.

Meaux
Melse: Drogo de Beuvriere.
Moats and earthworks of a Cistercian house, founded 1150.
Melbourne
Middelburne / Midelborne: Ralph de Mortimer.

Meltonby
Metelbi: King's land.
Hall.
Menethorpe
Mennistorp: King's land. Berengar de Tosny. Mill.

Middleton-on-the-Wolds
Middeltun(e): St. John's Church, Beverley, from Archbishop of York; Nigel Fossard from Count of Mortain and Richard Surdeval from him. Church.
Church with a late Norman doorway.
Millington
Mileton / Milleton(a): King's land; Archbishop of York.

Molescroft
Molescroft: Archbishop of York and St. John's Church, Beverley, from him.
Suburb of Beverley; manor farm.
Monkwick
Mon(n)euuic: Archbishop of York.
Also known as Monkwith. The medieval village was washed away by the sea.
Moreby
Morebi: Count Alan; Hugh FitzBaldric.
Moreby Hall; site of a medieval village.
Mowthorpe
Mele / Muletorp: Archbishop of York; Nigel Fossard from Count of Mortain.
Now 2 hamlets, Low Mowthorpe, on a medieval village site, and High Mowthorpe.
Muston
Muston(e): King's land. Gilbert de Ghent.
Hall.
Myton
Mitun(e): Ralph de Mortimer.
Part of Hull.

Naburn
Naborne: King's land; Robert de Tosny.

Nafferton
Nadfartone: King's land; William de Percy. Mill.
Water-powered mill by the pond.
Neswick
Nesseuuic / Nessuinc: Nigel Fossard from Count of Mortain.
Neswick Farm.
Newbald
Niuuebald / Niwebolt: Archbishop of York and the Canons of St. Peter's Church, York, from him. 4 mills, church.
Now 2 villages, North and South Newbald, known as Newbald; Lower Mill Farm; church, c.1120, the finest of its date in the Riding.
Newsholme
Nesse / Neuhusa: Ralph de Mortimer.
Newsholme Parks; site of a 16th century deer park.
Newsome
Neuhuson / Niuuehusu: Drogo de Beuvriere.
Great Newsome Farm.
Newton (in Cherry Burton)
Neuton(e):
Lost.
Newton (in Wintringham)
Neuton / Neuutone: Ralph Pagnell.
Place Newton, a mansion, c.1837; medieval village site.
Newton Garth
Nichuetun / Niuueton: Drogo de Beuvriere.
Farmhouse; medieval village site.
North Burton (or Burton Fleming)
Burton(e): King's land.
Manor house.
North Cave
Alia Caue / Caue: Canons of St. Peter's Church, York, from Archbishop of York; Nigel Fossard from Count of Mortain; Robert Malet; Hugh FitzBaldric. 2 mills.
Large; residential.
North Cliffe
Cliue: King's land.
Manor House Farm.
North Dalton
Dalton(e): Nigel Fossard from Count of Mortain; Robert de Tosny and Berengar from him; Autbert, the pre-Conquest holder, from the king. Church.
Manor house; Norman church; tumuli.
North Duffield
Dufeld / -felt / Nortdufelt: Count of Mortain; Gilbert de Tison.
Triangular market place-cum-green.
North Ferriby
Ferebi: Nigel Fossard from Count of Mortain; Ralph de Mortimer. Church.
Large, residential; Victorian church.
North Frodingham
F(r)otingham: Drogo de Beuvriere. Church, 3 fisheries.
Church with a Saxon cross-head.
North Grimston
Grimestona / ton(e): King's land; Archbishop of York; Hugh FitzBaldric.

Northorpe
Torp: Walter from Drogo de Beuvriere; William Malet, according to the men of Holderness.
The medieval village was washed away by the sea.
North Skirlaugh
Schire(s)lai / Scirlai: Archbishop of York; Drogo de Beuvriere.

Norton
Norton(e): King's land; Ralph de Mortimer; Hugh FitzBaldric. Church, mill.
Town. Its church has a Norman font; disused water-mill.
Nunburneholme
Brunham: King's land; Forne FitzSigulf from the king.
Norman church with an Anglo-Saxon cross, c.1000. Manor named after a nunnery, founded c.1150.
Nunkeeling
Chelinge / Chiling(h)e: Baldwin from Drogo de Beuvriere.
Remains of a buttress from a house of Benedictine nuns, founded 1152, after which the hamlet was named.
Nuthill
Not(h)ele: Drogo de Beuvriere.
Nuttles Hall Farm.

Octon
Ocheton: King's land; Count of Mortain.
Manor house; medieval village site.
Osgodby
Ansgote(s)bi: Nigel Fossard from Count of Mortain.

Ottringham
Otrege / Otrengham / Otringeham: Archbishop of York; Drogo de Beuvriere. Church.
Church with a Norman tower arch.
Oubrough
Ule(n)burg: Frumold from Drogo de Beuvriere.

Ousethorpe
Torp: King's land.
Medieval village site; moat.
Out Newton
Niuueton(e): Drogo de Beuvriere.
Much of it washed away by the sea.
Owsthorpe
Duuestorp: Bishop of Durham.
Manor house.
Owstwick
Hosteuuic / Osteuuic: Drogo de Beuvriere.
Hall and grange.
Owthorne
T(h)orne: Drogo de Beuvriere.
Part of Withernsea.

Painsthorpe
Thorf / Torfe: King's land; Arnegrim, the pre-Conquest holder.
Tumuli.
Patrington
Patrictone: Archbishop of York before and after 1066.

Paull
Pagele / Paghel: Drogo de Beuvriere.

Paull Holme
Holm(e): Drogo de Beuvriere.
Remains of a manor house.
Pillwoods
Pileford: Hugh FitzBaldric.
Pillwood Farm.
Pocklington
Poclinton: King's land. 2 mills.
Town with a Norman church; Devonshire Mill.
Pockthorpe
Pochetorp: Count of Mortain; William de Percy.
Hall; site of a medieval village.
Portington
Portiton: Bishop of Durham.
Manor house, surrounded by a water-filled moat.
Potter Brompton
Bruneton(e): King's land.

Preston
Preston(e) / tune: Drogo de Beuvriere and Baldwin from him. Church.
Large, sprawling; mainly 13th century church.