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Maxudesmares in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Maxudesmares, entered under the hundred of Dic in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Maxudesmares at 6.9 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Maxudesmares supported a recorded population of 10 villagers, 6 smallholders, 3 slaves, 33 freemanmen, working 16 ploughs between them.

By 1086 Maxudesmares was worth 14.14 shillings, up from 11 shillings before the Conquest – which sets it apart from the many nearby villages left waste or devalued.

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Measham in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Measham is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Goscote in LEC. The survey assessed Measham at 4.9 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Measham supported a recorded population of 8 villagers, 9 smallholders, 8 slaves, 32 freemanmen, working 5 ploughs between them.

The valuation dropped between 1066 and 1086. Before 1066, Measham was worth 8.85 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 8.55 shillings – a fall of 3%. 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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Meaux in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Meaux, entered under the hundred of Holderness [Middle Hundred] in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Meaux at 95 carucates of taxable land.

The survey records Meaux’s value at 0d 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.

Other Settlements in Holderness [Middle Hundred]

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