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British History
Northorpe in the Domesday Book (1086)
Northorpe appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Holderness [South Hundred] in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Northorpe at 1 carucate of taxable land.
The numbers record a sharp fall. Before 1066, Northorpe was worth 6d; by 1086 that had dropped to 2d – a fall of 66%. 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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