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Saxons will know that these 3,000 acres of arable land would 
afford support to a large population. In the Manor of 
Hallam there must have been a population of at least 1,200 
persons. Were we to compare the population of the Manor 
of Hallam with that of the whole kingdom at this period, as 
estimated by the late Sharon Turner, we should find it great 
in proportion to that of the rest of the kingdom. In the 
whole of the Manor of Hallam there were only eight acres 
of meadow land : clearly enough showing that they did not 
keep much live stock in winter. There was a woody pasture 
which extended nearly over half the wide manor. 
Sheffield was a distinct manor. It is spelled two ways in 
Doomsday Book, first as Escafeld, and then as Scafeld. I 
apprehend the latter spelling gives a clue to the etymology 
of the name. Mr. Hunter thinks the first syllable of the 
name is derived from a Saxon word signifying water, and 
that Sheffield means the field on the water. The word Scan, 
in Anglo-Saxon, means a woody slope; and, I think, the 
spelling of the name in Doomsday Survey favours this 
meaning. 
It is mentioned that Sheffield and Attercliffe were separate 
manors from Hallam, and each contained three carucates of 
land, and were held by a Saxon thane of the name of Sweyn. 
It is also stated that these manors were " inland of Hallam, " 
whatever that may mean. I think its signification is that 
they were surrounded by the Manor of Hallam. 
At the time of Doomsday Survey the Manor o. Hallam 
was held of the Countess Judith by a wealthy Norman, 
Roger de Busli; yielding, therefore, every year, as it seems, 
two white greyhounds. Two dogs a year would now repre- 
sent very poorly the rental of Sheffield! In Hallam, Earl 
Waltheof had a hall or mansion, which, no doubt, was on a 
scale equal to his position as a mighty thane. Where this 
stood cannot now be ascertained, though Mr. Hunter gave 
