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British History

Hatfield in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Hatfield is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Strafforth in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Hatfield at 2 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Hatfield supported a recorded population of 9 villagers, 10 smallholders, working 5 ploughs between them.

The survey puts Hatfield’s value at 2 shillings, the same as before the Conquest. Unchanged valuations are relatively rare in the North, where disruption was widespread.

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Hawade in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Hawade, entered under the hundred of Maneshou in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Hawade at 2 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Hawade supported a recorded population of 2 villagers, 5 freemanmen, working 2 ploughs between them.

The survey records Hawade’s value at 12d 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.