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Osmotherley in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Osmotherley is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Allerton in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Osmotherley at 5.5 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Osmotherley supported a recorded population of 12 villagers, 11 smallholders, 5 slaves, working 5 ploughs between them.

By 1086 Osmotherley was worth 8.1 shillings, up from 7.1 shillings before the Conquest – a sign this community came through the Conquest without being ruined.

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Otterburn in the Domesday Book (1086)

Otterburn appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Craven in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Otterburn at 10 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Otterburn supported a recorded population of 23 villagers, 10 smallholders, 9 slaves, working 13 ploughs between them.

By 1086 Otterburn was worth 12 shillings, up from 10 shillings before the Conquest – one of the few settlements in the area to hold its value through the upheaval.

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Ottringham in the Domesday Book (1086)

Ottringham appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Holderness [South Hundred] in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Ottringham at 9.4 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Ottringham supported a recorded population of 10 villagers, 2 smallholders, 2 slaves, working 5 ploughs between them.

The numbers record a sharp fall. Before 1066, Ottringham was worth 4.26 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 3.86 shillings – a fall of 9%. 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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