Domesday Book

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

Most significantly, Oakthorpe is recorded as waste in 1086 — land rendered uninhabitable and valueless. Before the Conquest, the settlement had been assessed at 1 shilling; 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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Oakworth in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Oakworth is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Craven in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Oakworth at 0.1 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Oakworth supported a recorded population of 3 slaves.

The survey records Oakworth’s value at 1d 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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Occleston in the Domesday Book (1086)

Occleston appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Middlewich in Cheshire. The survey assessed Occleston at 4 carucates of taxable land.

The numbers record a sharp fall. Before 1066, Occleston was worth 1.5 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 5d – a fall of 83%. 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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