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Huyton in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Huyton, entered under the hundred of [West] Derby in Cheshire. The survey assessed Huyton at 1.7 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Huyton supported a recorded population of 12 smallholders, 2 slaves, working 4 ploughs between them.

The drop in value is hard to miss. Before 1066, Huyton was worth 5.6 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 5.1 shillings – a fall of 8%. 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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Ianulfestorp in the Domesday Book (1086)

Ianulfestorp is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Sneculfcros in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Ianulfestorp at 1.5 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Ianulfestorp supported a recorded population of 11 villagers, 3 slaves, working 6 ploughs between them.

The survey records Ianulfestorp’s value at 2.5 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.

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