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Mosborough in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Mosborough, entered under the hundred of Scarsdale in Derbyshire. The survey assessed Mosborough at 83 carucates of taxable land.

Most significantly, Mosborough is recorded as waste in 1086 — land rendered uninhabitable and valueless. Before the Conquest, the settlement had been assessed at 40 shillings; by 1086 that value had collapsed entirely. This pattern — prosperity before 1066, devastation by 1086 — is the unmistakable signature of the Harrying of the North, William I’s campaign of systematic destruction across Yorkshire in 1069–70.

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Moulton in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Moulton, entered under the hundred of Middlewich in Cheshire. The survey assessed Moulton at 2 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Moulton supported a recorded population of 6 villagers, 3 smallholders, 4 slaves, working 5 ploughs between them.

By 1086 Moulton was worth 1 shilling, up from 12d before the Conquest – which sets it apart from the many nearby villages left waste or devalued.

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Moxby Hall in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Moxby Hall, entered under the hundred of Bulford in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Moxby Hall at 4 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Moxby Hall supported a recorded population of 16 villagers, 2 smallholders, working 9 ploughs between them.

The drop in value is hard to miss. Before 1066, Moxby Hall was worth 6 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 3 shillings – a fall of 50%. 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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