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Bakewell in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Bakewell is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Blackwell in Derbyshire. The survey assessed Bakewell at 4 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Bakewell supported a recorded population of 12 villagers, 7 smallholders, 3 slaves, working 8 ploughs between them.

By 1086 Bakewell was worth 2.5 shillings, up from 2 shillings before the Conquest – a sign this community came through the Conquest without being ruined.

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Barden in the Domesday Book (1086)

Barden is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Land of Count Alan in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Barden at 2 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Barden supported a recorded population of 4 villagers, 2 smallholders, 5 slaves, working 5 ploughs between them.

Something went badly wrong here between the two surveys. Before 1066, Barden was worth 4 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 3 shillings – a fall of 25%. 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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