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Yorkshire: West Riding C-G

Cadeby
Catebi: Roger de Bully; Aubrey de Coucy.
Small, in a mining area.
Calton
Caltun: Roger le Poitevin, formerly Erneis de Buron.
Hall, now a farmhouse.
Calverley
Caverlei(a): Ilbert de Lacy.
Dormitory for Leeds and Bradford; seat of the Calverleys for centuries. Walter Calverley (d.1605) was the subject of A Yorkshire Tragedy, a drama published in 1608, possibly the work of William Shakespeare. He murdered two sons and was pressed to death at York.
Camblesforth
Camelesford(e) / Canbesford / Gamesford: Ralph Pagnell; Ernuin the priest from the king. Church.
Hall, c.1700.
Campsall
Cansale: Ilbert de Lacy.
In ancient Barnsdale Forest, early Norman church; 15th century manor house, now the vicarage.
Cantley
Canteleia / lie / Cathalai: Geoffrey Alselin. Church.
Norman church, swamped by housing estates; Roman sites.
Carlesmoor
Carlesmor(e): Gospatric.
On the edge of moorland. In 1850, the well-preserved body of a Romano-British man was dug out of the peat here.
Carleton (near Skipton)
Carlentone: Roger le Poitevin.
Also called Carl(e)ton-in-Craven; manor farm nearby.
Carlton (in Barnsley)
Carlentone / Carleton: Gamel and Elric from Ilbert de Lacy.

Carlton (in Lofthouse)
Carlentone: Ilbert de Lacy. Mill. 4 halls before 1066.

Carlton (near Otley)
Carletun(e): Robert Malet.
Now the village of East Carlton and hamlet of West Carlton, with a manor house lying between them.
Carlton (near Snaith)
Carletone / tun: Ulchil from the king.
Large, also known as Carlton-in-Balne.
Cartworth
Cheteruurde / Cheteuuorde: King's land.
Picturesque.
Castley
Castelai: King's land.
Severed by railway.
Cattal
Catale / Cattala: Osbern d'Arcis.

Catterton
Cadretone / tune: Osbern d'Arcis and Fulk from him.
Moated site.
Cawthorne
Caltorn(e): King's land.
Attractive old cottages; church with an 11th century font and Saxon carvings.
Cayton
Chettone / Chetune: King's land.
Scattered; medieval village near High Cayton Hall.
Chapel Allerton
Alretun: Ilbert de Lacy.
District of Leeds, 19th century Gledhow Grange.
Chellow
Celeslau: Ilbert de Lacy.
District of Bradford; large reservoir.
Chevet
Ceuet: Ilbert de Lacy. Site of a medieval village in Chevet Park.
Village pond remains.
Church Fenton
Fentun: Archbishop of York before and after 1066.
Medieval moated site, 13th century church.
Clapham
Clapeham: King's land.
Picturesque, beneath Ingleborough; manor house, 1705.
Clareton
Clareton(e): King's land; Gospatric.
Medieval village site.
Clayton (near Bradford)
Claiton(e): Ilbert de Lacy.
Suburb of Bradford.
Clayton (near Thurnscoe)
Claitone: Count of Mortain and Richard de Surdeval from him.
Also known as Clayton-in-the-Clay.
Clayton West
Claitone: Ilbert de Lacy.
Large; residential.
Cleckheaton
Hetone / tun: Ilbert de Lacy.
Industrial town with Roman iron workings at nearby West Brierley.
Clifford
Cliford: Nigel Fossard from Count of Mortain. Mill.
On a tributary of the River Wharfe.
Clifton (in Brighouse)
Cliftone: Ilbert de Lacy.

Clifton (in Conisbrough)
Clifton(e) / tune: William de Warenne.
On the edge of Conisbrough Parks.
Clifton (with Newhall)
Cliftun: Archbishop of York; Count Alan. Church.
Suburb of Otley.
Clifton (with Norwood)
Cliftone: King's land.
Part of Norwood hamlet.
Clotherholme
Cludun: William de Percy.
Isolated.
Coldcotes
Caldecotes: Ilbert de Lacy.
Near Ingleborough.
Cold Hiendley
Hindelei(a): Ilbert de Lacy.
Large reservoir.
Colton (near Leeds)
Col(l)etun: Ilbert de Lacy.
On the edge of Temple Newsam Park.
Colton (near York)
Coletone / tune: Osbern d'Arcis.
Colton Lodge.
Compton
Contone: Possibly Richard de Surdeval.

Conisbrough
Coningesborc / burg / Cuningesburg: William de Warenne, formerly Earl Harold. Church, 2 mills.
Picturesque town with steep streets and a famous castle, featured in Sir Walter Scott's Ivanhoe. The church has Saxon long-and-short work and a Saxon cross.
Coniston Cold
Coneghestone / Coningeston / Cuningestone: King's land; William de Percy; formerly Roger le Poitevin.
Earthwork on Coniston Moor.
Conistone
Cunestune: Gospatric; Chetel from the king.
Old field systems are still visible on either side of the River Wharfe.
Cononley
Cutnelai: King's land.
Hall.
Cookridge
Cucheric: Richard de Surdeval from Count of Mortain.
Outer suburb of Leeds.
Copgrove
Copegraue: Erneis de Buron and Turstin from him. Church.
In the parkland of the mid-18th century hall; Norman church, probably 11th century.
Copmanthorpe
Copemantorp: Erneis de Buron; Earl (?) William.
Dormitory for York. The Knights Templar held land here in the Middle Ages.
Copt Hewick
Hanuui(n)c: Archbishop of York.
Hall.
Cottingley
Cotingelai / lei: Erneis de Buron.
Residential.
Cowling
Collinghe: Roger le Poitevin.
17th century houses.
Cowthorpe
Coletorp: Godefrid from William de Percy. Church.
Secluded; church built in 1450. Cowthorpe Oak was centuries old when John Evelyn's Sylva mentioned it (1664).
Cowthwaite
Cu(d)ford: Ilbert de Lacy.
Cowthwaite Plantation; near Cufforth House on Becca Banks, an Iron Age earthwork.
Crigglestone
Crigest' / Crigeston(e): King's land.

Crofton
Scroftune / Scrotone: Gerbodo from Ilbert de Lacy.
14th century church with fragments of Saxon crosses.
Crooks
Croche(s): William de Percy; Roger le Poitevin.
Crooks House, earthwork.
Cullingworth
Colingauuorde: Erneis de Buron.
Large; residential; hall.
Cusworth
Cuzeuuorde: Roger le Bully; William de Warenne.
Outer suburb of Doncaster; hall, 1740.

Dacre
Dacre: Erneis de Buron.
Low Hall, said to have been built of stones from Fountains Abbey.
Dadsley
Dadeslei(a): Roger de Bully. 3 mills, church.
De Bully's castle became the market town of Tickhill; Dadsley Farm.
Dalton (near Huddersfield)
Dalton(e): Swen from Ilbert de Lacy.
District of East Huddersfield.
Dalton (near Rotherham)
Dalton(e): Rozelin from William de Percy.
Dalton Magna and Parva, a suburb of Rotherham.
Darfield
Dereuueld / uuelle: Alsi from the king.
Coal-mining town. Norman church tower with Perpendicular top; carved pews and alabaster effigies.
Darrington
Darni(n)tone: Ilbert de Lacy. Church, mill.
12th century church.
Darton
Dertone / tun(e): King's land.
Coal-mining town; Jacobean hall.
Deightonby
Dictenebi:
Lost.
Denaby
Degenebi / Denegebi: Roger de Bully. Mill.
In Old Denaby; remains of a 15th century manor house.
Denby (near Penistone)
Denebi: Elric from Ilbert de Lacy.
Now Upper and Lower Denby; near Denby Dale, a small industrial town; Iron Age hill-fort.
Denby (in Upper Whitley)
Denebi: Ilbert de Lacy.
Denby Hall.
Denton
Dentun(e): Archbishop of York. Church.
Georgian church.
Dewsbury
Deusberia / berie: King's land, formerly King Edward. Church.
Large manufacturing and engineering town; church with fine Saxon cross fragments; 13th century Moot Hall.
Dinnington
Domnitone / Dunintone / Dunnitone: Roger de Bully; William de Warenne.
Coal-mining town.
Dodworth
Dodesuu(o)rde: Swan, the pre-Conquest holder, from Ilbert de Lacy.
Coal-mining town.
Doncaster
Donecastre: Nigel Fossard from Count of Mortain; William de Percy and Malger from him
. Famous for its railway workshops, race course, and butterscotch. The Roman fort of Danum stood here. Mansion house by James Paine (1745-8), with fine ballroom.
Draughton
Dractone: King's land.
Manor house.
Drax
Drac: Ralph Pagnell. Church.
Norman church tower; perpendicular clerestory, 13th century chancel.
Drebley
Drebelaie: Osbern d'Arcis.

Drighlington
Dreslin(g)tone: Ilbert de Lacy.
Industrial; scene of a Civil War battle in 1643.
Dunkeswick
Chesuic: Ulchil, the pre-Conquest holder, and his wife from the king.

Dunsforth
Doneforde / Dunesford / Dunesforde: Rannulf; Turbern, the pre-Conquest holder, from the king.
Now the village of Lower Dunsforth and hamlet of Upper Dunsforth.

Earby
Alia Eurebi / Eurebi: Roger le Poitevin.
Cotton town.
Earlsheaton
Et(t)one: King's land.
District of East Dewsbury.
Easington
Esintune: Roger le Poitevin.
In the Forest of Bowland.
East Ardsley
Erdeslau(ue): Ilbert de Lacy and Swen from him.
Jacobean hall.
Eastburn
Esebrune / Estbrune: King's land; Gilbert de Tison.
Adjoining Streeton.
East Halton
Altone / Haltone: King's land.
17th century Halton Hall.
East Keswick
Chesinc / ing: King's land.
Large.
East Stainley
Estanlai / Stanlai:
Lost.
Eastwick
Estuinc / Estuuic:
Lost.
Eavestone
Euestone: Archbishop of York.
Isolated; medieval village site.
Ecclesfield
Edesfeld / felt: Roger de Bully.
Suburb of Sheffield; church with 11th century cross fragments; chapel dating back to around 1300; moated site.
Eccleshill
Egleshil: King's land.
District of Bradford.
Eccup
Echope: Count of Mortain and Richard de Surdeval from him.
Reservoir.
Edenthorpe
Scires / Stirestorp: William de Warenne, formerly Earl Harold.
Suburb of Doncaster; formerly known as Streetthorpe.
Edlington
Eilin / Ellintone: Malger from William de Percy.
Nearby is New Edlington, a large mining village.
Eggborough
Acheburg / Eburg / Eg(e)burg: Baret from Ilbert de Lacy. Mill.
Now 2 villages, Low and High Eggborough. Mill at the former.
Eldwick
Helgiuc / Heluuic: Erneis de Buron.
Eldwick Hall.
Elland
Elant / Elont: Ilbert de Lacy.
Tudor Old Hall.
Ellenthorpe
Eluuinetorp / Haluuidetorp: William de Percy; Roger le Poitevin.
Hall and lodge. The Battle of Boroughbridge was fought here in 1322.
Elslack
Eleslac: Roger le Poitevin.
Remains of a Roman road and a fort known as Burwen's Castle, medieval Elslack Hall.
Elsworth
Eleuuorde: King's land.
Farmhouse.
Elwicks
Eleuuic: King's land.
Farmhouse.
Embsay
Embesie: King's land.
Embsay Hall, 1652.
Emley
Amelai / leie: King's land.
Remains of a market cross, centre of the medieval iron industry.
Eshton
Estune: Roger le Poitevin.
Eshton Hall; medieval St. Helen's Well.

Fairburn
Fareburne: Ilbert de Lacy and Ligulf, the pre-Conquest holder, from him.
Coal-mining.
Farnham
Farneham: King's land, formerly King Edward; Gospatric. Church.
Hall; Norman church.
Farnhill
Fernehil: King's land.
14th century Farnhill House.
Farnley (in Leeds)
Fernelei: King's land; Ilbert de Lacy.
Suburb of Leeds.
Farnley (near Otley)
Fernelai / lie: Archbishop of York. Church.
J.M.W. Turner painted at the hall while a guest of Walter Fawkes from 1810 until 1825.
Farnley Tyas
Fereleia / Ferlei: Ilbert de Lacy.

Farsley
Fersellei(a): Ilbert de Lacy.
Residential district adjoining Pudsey.
Featherstone
Ferestane / Fredestan: Ilbert de Lacy and Ralph and Ernulf from him. 2 churches.
Coal-mining town.
Felliscliffe
Felgesclif: King's land.

Ferrensby
Feresbi: King's land, formerly King Edward.

Ferrybridge
Fereia / Ferie: Hamelin from Ilbert de Lacy.
Site of a Norman ford; one of Britain's most interesting round barrows.
Fewston
Fostun(e): King's land, formerly King Edward.
Part of the village was lost to its two reservoirs.
Fishlake
Fiscelac / Fixcale: William de Warenne.
Moated site in the ferns.
Fixby
Fechesbi: King's land.
On the edge of Huddersfield.
Flasby
Flatebi: Roger le Poitevin.
Flasby Hall.
Flaxby
Flaresbi: Erneis de Buron.

Flockton
Flocheton(e): Ilbert de Lacy.
Manor house. Medieval open field system.
Frickley
Fricelei(a) / Frichelie / Frichehale: Ilbert de Lacy; Roger de Bully and Fulk from him. Church and mill.
Norman church with an organ from the hall, presented in 1937 by lord of the manor; medieval village site.
Fryston
Fristone: Gerbodo from Ilbert de Lacy. Church.
Now Water Fryston. Ferry Fryston was on the site of the present power station.
Fulstone
Fugelestun: King's land.

Garforth
Gereford(e): Ilbert de Lacy and William and Warin from him. Church.
Coal-mining town. The church, 1844, contains fragments of a Saxon cross.
Gargrave
G(h)eregraue: King's land; Berengar de Tosny; Roger le Poitevin.
Victorian church with fragments of Saxon crosses; Roman villa; prehistoric camp.
Giggleswick
Gighelesuuic: Roger le Poitevin.
Stocks; village cross; tithe barn.
Gipton
Chipertun / C(h)ipetun: Ilbert de Lacy.
District of Leeds.
Gisburn
Ghiseburne: William de Percy; Roger le Poitevin.
Compact; almost a small town; Bronze Age barrows nearby; Gisburn Forest, once a hunting ground.
Givendale
Gherindale: Archbishop of York.
Medieval village site; mound of the medieval manor house.
Glass Houghton
Hoctun: Ilbert de Lacy.
Part of Castleford.
Glusburn
Glusebrun: William de Percy; Gilbert de Tison.
Glusburn Old Hall.
Golcar
Gudlagesarc / argo: Dunstan from Ilbert de Lacy.
On the outskirts of Huddersfield.
Goldsborough
God(en)esburg: Ralph Pagnell and Hubert from him. ½ fishery.
Hall, c.1620. A Viking silver hoard was unearthed here.
Goldthorpe
Go(l)detorp / Guldetorp: King's land; Roger de Bully.
Mining.
Gomersal
Gome(r)shale: Ilbert de Lacy.
Mills and factories; Tudor manor house; Red House, featured in Charlotte Brontës Shirley (1849).
Grafton
Graftona / tone / tune: King's land; Canons from Archbishop of York; Erneis de Buron; Torbern, the pre-Conquest holder, from the king.
Grafton Grange.
Grantley
Grentelei(a): Archbishop of York.
Now the village of High Grantley, and Low Grantley hamlet.
Grassington
Chersintone / Ghersintone: King's land; Gilbert de Tison.
13th century manor house, part of the 19th century hall; many Iron Age remains nearby.
Greasbrough
Gersebroc / Gres(s)eburg: Roger de Bully; William de Warenne.
Roman Ridge, an ancient earthwork.
Great Braham
Michelbram / Bran: William de Percy and Godefrid from him; Gilbert de Tison; Erneis de Buron.
Braham Hall.
Great Houghton
Haltun(e): King's land; Count of Mortain and Richard de Surdeval from him.
The old hall, now an inn, is probably Elizabethan.
Great Mitton
Mitune: Roger le Poitevin.
Former manor house, now the hall with a 14th century doorway.
Great Ouseburn
Usebruna / Useburne: King's land.
One street only.
Great Timble
Timble: King's land.
Quiet, secluded.
Green Hammerton
Alia Ambretone / Altera Hanbretone: Osbern d'Arcis.
Green surrounded by houses.
Greetland
Greland: King's land.
Possibly the site of the Roman station Cambodunum.
Grewelthorpe
Torp: Gospatric.
Straggling; green; duckpond.
Grimston
Grimeston / tun: Ilbert de Lacy. 2 churches, 2 mills.
Grimston Park mansion, built in 1840.
Grindleton
Gretlintone: Roger le Poitevin.
Sheep-farming.
Guiseley
Gisele: Archbishop of York. Church.
Town with a village cross and stocks in its market place; timber-framed wall in the rectory is believed to be Saxon.