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Kirk Bramwith in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Kirk Bramwith, entered under the hundred of Strafforth in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Kirk Bramwith at 4 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Kirk Bramwith supported a recorded population of 2 villagers, working 3 ploughs between them.

By 1086 Kirk Bramwith was worth 2.5 shillings, up from 1.5 shillings before the Conquest – which sets it apart from the many nearby villages left waste or devalued.

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Kirk Ella in the Domesday Book (1086)

Kirk Ella appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Hessle in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Kirk Ella at 10 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Kirk Ella supported a recorded population of 6 villagers, 7 smallholders, 9 slaves, working 5 ploughs between them.

The survey records Kirk Ella’s value at 7.5 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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Kirk Lancaster in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Kirk Lancaster is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Amounderness in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Kirk Lancaster at 1 carucate of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Kirk Lancaster supported a recorded population of 14 villagers, 1 smallholder, 6 slaves, working 6 ploughs between them.

By 1086 Kirk Lancaster was worth 10 shillings, up from 6 shillings before the Conquest – a sign this community came through the Conquest without being ruined.

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Kirkburn in the Domesday Book (1086)

Kirkburn is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Driffield in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Kirkburn at 5.8 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Kirkburn supported a recorded population of 34 smallholders, 3 slaves, 15 freemanmen, working 9 ploughs between them.

Something went badly wrong here between the two surveys. Before 1066, Kirkburn was worth 7.75 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 6.8 shillings – a fall of 12%. 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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