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Addlethorpe in the Domesday Book (1086)

Addlethorpe is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Burghshire in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Addlethorpe at 9 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Addlethorpe supported a recorded population of 12 villagers, 3 smallholders, working 11 ploughs between them.

The survey records Addlethorpe’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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Adel in the Domesday Book (1086)

Adel appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Skyrack in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Adel at 2.5 carucates of taxable land.

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

By 1086 Adel was worth 1 shilling, up from 12d before the Conquest – one of the few settlements in the area to hold its value through the upheaval.

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Adwick upon Dearne in the Domesday Book (1086)

Adwick upon Dearne is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Strafforth in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Adwick upon Dearne at 60.8 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Adwick upon Dearne supported a recorded population of 11 villagers, 19 smallholders, 5 freemanmen, working 13 ploughs between them.

Something went badly wrong here between the two surveys. Before 1066, Adwick upon Dearne was worth 10 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 3 shillings – a fall of 70%. 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.