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Hexthorpe in the Domesday Book (1086)

Hexthorpe appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Strafforth in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Hexthorpe at 2 carucates of taxable land.

Most significantly, Hexthorpe is recorded as waste in 1086 — land rendered uninhabitable and valueless. Before the Conquest, the settlement had been assessed at 1 shilling; by 1086 that value had collapsed entirely. This pattern — prosperity before 1066, devastation by 1086 — is the unmistakable signature of the Harrying of the North, William I’s campaign of systematic destruction across Yorkshire in 1069–70.

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High and Low Bradley in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of High and Low Bradley is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Craven in Yorkshire. The survey assessed High and Low Bradley at 7 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, High and Low Bradley supported a recorded population of 7 villagers, working 3 ploughs between them.

The valuation dropped between 1066 and 1086. Before 1066, High and Low Bradley was worth 2 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 10d – a fall of 74%. 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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