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Hoveton in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Hoveton, entered under the hundred of Maneshou in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Hoveton at 11 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Hoveton supported a recorded population of 18 villagers, 5 smallholders, 4 slaves, working 7 ploughs between them.

The drop in value is hard to miss. Before 1066, Hoveton was worth 9 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 8.75 shillings – a fall of 2%. 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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