Moorthorpe is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Strafforth in Yorkshire.
Moreby Hall appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Pocklington in Yorkshire.
Morley appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Morley in Yorkshire.
Morley appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Morleystone in Derbyshire.
The settlement of Mortham Tower is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Land of Count Alan in Yorkshire.
The settlement of Morton Grange is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Allerton in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Morton Grange at 17 carucates of taxable land.
At the time of the survey, Morton Grange supported a recorded population of 36 villagers, 3 smallholders, working 13 ploughs between them.
The valuation dropped between 1066 and 1086. Before 1066, Morton Grange was worth 7 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 5 shillings – a fall of 28%. 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.
The settlement of Morton Grange is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Langbaurgh in Yorkshire.
Morton is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Scarsdale in Derbyshire.
The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Morton upon Swale, entered under the hundred of Land of Count Alan in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Morton upon Swale at 11 carucates of taxable land.
At the time of the survey, Morton upon Swale supported a recorded population of 10 villagers, 12 smallholders, 8 slaves, working 16 ploughs between them.
By 1086 Morton upon Swale was worth 7 shillings, up from 6 shillings before the Conquest – which sets it apart from the many nearby villages left waste or devalued.