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Malham in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Malham, entered under the hundred of Craven in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Malham at 1 carucate of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Malham supported a recorded population of 21 villagers, 10 smallholders, 3 slaves, working 15 ploughs between them.

The survey records Malham’s value at 11.75 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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Maltby in the Domesday Book (1086)

Maltby appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Strafforth in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Maltby at 5.8 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Maltby supported a recorded population of 19 villagers, 24 smallholders, 1 slave, working 10 ploughs between them.

The numbers record a sharp fall. Before 1066, Maltby was worth 11.6 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 10.05 shillings – a fall of 13%. 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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