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Badsworth in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Badsworth, entered under the hundred of Osgodcross in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Badsworth at 10 carucates of taxable land.

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

The drop in value is hard to miss. Before 1066, Badsworth was worth 2 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 10d – a fall of 75%. 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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