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Foston on the Wolds in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Foston on the Wolds, entered under the hundred of Torbar in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Foston on the Wolds at 6 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Foston on the Wolds supported a recorded population of 3 villagers, working 2 ploughs between them.

The drop in value is hard to miss. Before 1066, Foston on the Wolds was worth 2 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 10d – a fall of 75%. 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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Fostun in the Domesday Book (1086)

Fostun is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Holderness [Middle Hundred] in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Fostun at 12 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Fostun supported a recorded population of 3 villagers, 5 smallholders, 13 freemanmen, working 6 ploughs between them.

By 1086 Fostun was worth 1.5 shillings, up from 1 shilling before the Conquest – in contrast to many Yorkshire neighbours whose valuations collapsed.

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