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Kirkburn in the Domesday Book (1086)

Kirkburn is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Driffield in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Kirkburn at 5.8 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Kirkburn supported a recorded population of 34 smallholders, 3 slaves, 15 freemanmen, working 9 ploughs between them.

Something went badly wrong here between the two surveys. Before 1066, Kirkburn was worth 7.75 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 6.8 shillings – a fall of 12%. 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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Kirkburton in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Kirkburton, entered under the hundred of Agbrigg in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Kirkburton at 5 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Kirkburton supported a recorded population of 6 villagers, working 3 ploughs between them.

The survey puts Kirkburton’s value at 10d, the same as before the Conquest. Unchanged valuations are relatively rare in the North, where disruption was widespread.

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Kirkby Fleetham in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Kirkby Fleetham is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Land of Count Alan in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Kirkby Fleetham at 5 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Kirkby Fleetham supported a recorded population of 4 villagers, 6 smallholders, 2 slaves, working 3 ploughs between them.

The survey records Kirkby Fleetham’s value at 3 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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Kirkby Hall in the Domesday Book (1086)

Kirkby Hall is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Land of Count Alan in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Land of Count Alan

The Meaning of the Name

The name Kirkby Hall is of Scandinavian origin. Its final element derives from the Old Norse word bý, a farmstead or village, while the first element appears to represent the church (ON kirkja). Taken together the name probably meant something close to ’the church farmstead’.

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Kirkby in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Kirkby, entered under the hundred of Langbaurgh in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Langbaurgh

The Meaning of the Name

The name Kirkby is of Scandinavian origin. Its final element derives from the Old Norse word bý, a farmstead or village, while the first element appears to represent the church (ON kirkja). Taken together the name probably meant something close to ’the church farmstead’.

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Kirkby in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Kirkby, entered under the hundred of [West] Derby in Cheshire. The survey assessed Kirkby at 15.2 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Kirkby supported a recorded population of 10 villagers, 3 smallholders, 23 freemanmen, working 12 ploughs between them.

The survey records Kirkby’s value at 4.5 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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Kirkby Ireleth in the Domesday Book (1086)

Kirkby Ireleth is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Amounderness in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Amounderness

The Meaning of the Name

The name Kirkby Ireleth is of Scandinavian origin. Its final element derives from the Old Norse word bý, a farmstead or village, while the first element appears to represent the church (ON kirkja). Taken together the name probably meant something close to ’the church farmstead’.

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Kirkby Lonsdale in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Kirkby Lonsdale, entered under the hundred of Amounderness in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Kirkby Lonsdale at 1.5 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Kirkby Lonsdale supported a recorded population of 4 villagers, 9 smallholders, working 3 ploughs between them.

By 1086 Kirkby Lonsdale was worth 4.5 shillings, up from 2 shillings before the Conquest – which sets it apart from the many nearby villages left waste or devalued.

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Kirkby Malham in the Domesday Book (1086)

Kirkby Malham appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Craven in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Craven

The Meaning of the Name

The name Kirkby Malham is of Scandinavian origin. Its final element derives from the Old Norse word bý, a farmstead or village, while the first element appears to represent the church (ON kirkja). Taken together the name probably meant something close to ’the church farmstead’.

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