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British History

Horbury in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Horbury is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Agbrigg in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Horbury at 145 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Horbury supported a recorded population of 16 villagers, 6 smallholders, 3 freemanmen, working 18 ploughs between them.

Resources Recorded at Horbury (1086)

  • Churches: 2
  • Fisheries: 1
  • Meadow: 12 acres
  • Woodland: 1 * 1 leagues

Other Settlements in Agbrigg

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Horenbodebi in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Horenbodebi is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Yarlestre in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Horenbodebi at 4 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Horenbodebi supported a recorded population of 13 smallholders, 6 slaves, working 13 ploughs between them.

The survey records Horenbodebi’s value at 11.25 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.