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Opetone in the Domesday Book (1086)

Opetone is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Rushton in Cheshire. The survey assessed Opetone at 6 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Opetone supported a recorded population of 25 villagers, 1 smallholder, 1 freeman, working 6 ploughs between them.

The survey puts Opetone’s value at 5d, the same as before the Conquest. Unchanged valuations are relatively rare in the North, where disruption was widespread.

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Orgrave in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Orgrave, entered under the hundred of Amounderness in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Orgrave at 4.4 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Orgrave supported a recorded population of 19 freemanmen, working 6 ploughs between them.

The survey lists 3 manors at Orgrave under different lords. Splitting a single settlement between multiple tenants was common across the North – Saxon estates broken up and handed to William’s followers after 1066.

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Ormesby in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Ormesby is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Langbaurgh in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Ormesby at 9 carucates of taxable land.

The valuation dropped between 1066 and 1086. Before 1066, Ormesby was worth 1.5 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 8d – a fall of 73%. 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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