Domesday Book

Little Fencote in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Little Fencote, entered under the hundred of Land of Count Alan in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Little Fencote at 0.6 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Little Fencote supported a recorded population of 4 villagers, 2 smallholders, 3 slaves, working 3 ploughs between them.

The survey records Little Fencote’s value at 1 shilling 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.

Little Givendale in the Domesday Book (1086)

Little Givendale is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Warter in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Warter

Little Hatfield in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Little Hatfield, entered under the hundred of Holderness [North Hundred] in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Little Hatfield at 0.9 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Little Hatfield supported a recorded population of 11 villagers, 3 freemanmen, working 9 ploughs between them.

The survey puts Little Hatfield’s value at 4 shillings, the same as before the Conquest. Unchanged valuations are relatively rare in the North, where disruption was widespread.

Little Hawksworth in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Little Hawksworth is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Skyrack in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Skyrack

Little Houghton in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Little Houghton, entered under the hundred of Strafforth in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Little Houghton at 50 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Little Houghton supported a recorded population of 51 villagers, 40 smallholders, 35 slaves, working 80 ploughs between them.

By 1086 Little Houghton was worth 38.72 shillings, up from 24 shillings before the Conquest – which sets it apart from the many nearby villages left waste or devalued.

Little Kelk in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Little Kelk, entered under the hundred of Torbar in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Torbar

Little Langton in the Domesday Book (1086)

Little Langton is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Land of Count Alan in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Land of Count Alan

Little Leigh in the Domesday Book (1086)

Little Leigh is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Bucklow in Cheshire.

Other Settlements in Bucklow

Little Marish in the Domesday Book (1086)

Little Marish appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Dic in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Dic