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Great Braham in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Great Braham is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Burghshire in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Great Braham at 0.5 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Great Braham supported a recorded population of 2 villagers, 4 smallholders, working 2 ploughs between them.

The survey records Great Braham’s value at 10d 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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Great Broughton in the Domesday Book (1086)

Great Broughton appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Langbaurgh in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Great Broughton at 3 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Great Broughton supported a recorded population of 18 villagers, working 4 ploughs between them.

The survey puts Great Broughton’s value at 4 shillings, the same as before the Conquest. Unchanged valuations are relatively rare in the North, where disruption was widespread.

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Great Caldy in the Domesday Book (1086)

Great Caldy is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Willaston in Cheshire. The survey assessed Great Caldy at 0.3 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Great Caldy supported a recorded population of 3 villagers, 1 smallholder, 3 slaves, working 2 ploughs between them.

The survey records Great Caldy’s value at 10d 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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