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British History

Painsthorpe in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Painsthorpe is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Acklam in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Painsthorpe at 5.2 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Painsthorpe supported a recorded population of 2 slaves.

The survey records Painsthorpe’s value at 2.31 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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Parlington in the Domesday Book (1086)

Parlington is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Skyrack in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Parlington at 1 carucate of taxable land.

Parlington is recorded as waste in the 1086 survey. The waste designation appears to predate the Norman Conquest — suggesting the settlement had already been struggling before 1066, though the subsequent Harrying of the North in 1069–70 would have made recovery significantly harder.