Grimsargh in the Domesday Book (1086)
The settlement of Grimsargh is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Amounderness in Yorkshire.
The settlement of Grimsargh is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Amounderness in Yorkshire.
Grimston Grange is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Barkston in Yorkshire.
Grimston is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Holderness [South Hundred] in Yorkshire.
Grimston is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Maneshou in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Grimston at 3.8 carucates of taxable land.
At the time of the survey, Grimston supported a recorded population of 17 villagers, 7 smallholders, 16 freemanmen, working 13 ploughs between them.
Something went badly wrong here between the two surveys. Before 1066, Grimston was worth 8.8 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 5.5 shillings – a fall of 37%. 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.
Grimston is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Sneculfcros in Yorkshire.
The settlement of Grimthorpe Manor is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Warter in Yorkshire.
Grindale is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Hunthow in Yorkshire.
Grindleton is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Craven in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Grindleton at 10 carucates of taxable land.
At the time of the survey, Grindleton supported a recorded population of 31 villagers, 10 smallholders, 6 slaves, working 13 ploughs between them.
The survey records Grindleton’s value at 8 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.
Grinton appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Land of Count Alan in Yorkshire.