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Barmby Moor in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Barmby Moor, entered under the hundred of Pocklington in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Barmby Moor at 5 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Barmby Moor supported a recorded population of 5 villagers, 2 smallholders, working 2 ploughs between them.

The drop in value is hard to miss. Before 1066, Barmby Moor was worth 1 shilling; by 1086 that had dropped to 13d – a fall of 35%. 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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Barnaby in the Domesday Book (1086)

Barnaby appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Langbaurgh in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Barnaby at 4.0 carucates of taxable land.

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

By 1086 Barnaby was worth 2.5 shillings, up from 2 shillings before the Conquest – one of the few settlements in the area to hold its value through the upheaval.

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Barnby Hall in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Barnby Hall, entered under the hundred of Staincross in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Barnby Hall at 2 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Barnby Hall supported a recorded population of 10 villagers, 12 smallholders, 4 slaves, working 7 ploughs between them.

The survey records Barnby Hall’s value at 4 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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