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Menethorpe in the Domesday Book (1086)

Menethorpe is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Acklam in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Menethorpe at 1 carucate of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Menethorpe supported a recorded population of 4 villagers, 4 smallholders, 1 slave, working 1 plough between them.

The survey records Menethorpe’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.

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Menston in the Domesday Book (1086)

Menston is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Skyrack in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Menston at 0.2 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Menston supported a recorded population of 1 villager, 1 slave.

The survey records Menston’s value at 10d 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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Mercaston in the Domesday Book (1086)

Mercaston is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Litchurch in Derbyshire. The survey assessed Mercaston at 5.5 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Mercaston supported a recorded population of 50 villagers, 3 smallholders, working 12 ploughs between them.

Something went badly wrong here between the two surveys. Before 1066, Mercaston was worth 30 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 20 shillings – a fall of 33%. 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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Mickle Trafford in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Mickle Trafford, entered under the hundred of Willaston in Cheshire. The survey assessed Mickle Trafford at 2.5 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Mickle Trafford supported a recorded population of 7 villagers, 1 smallholder, 1 slave, 5 freemanmen, working 4 ploughs between them.

The survey puts Mickle Trafford’s value at 13d, the same as before the Conquest. Unchanged valuations are relatively rare in the North, where disruption was widespread.

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