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Richmond in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Richmond, entered under the hundred of Land of Count Alan in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Richmond at 6 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Richmond supported a recorded population of 4 villagers, 1 smallholder, working 2 ploughs between them.

The drop in value is hard to miss. Before 1066, Richmond was worth 10d; by 1086 that had dropped to 0d – a fall of 100%. 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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Rigton in the Domesday Book (1086)

Rigton is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Burghshire in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Rigton at 3 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Rigton supported a recorded population of 9 villagers, 4 smallholders, 3 slaves, working 3 ploughs between them.

The survey records Rigton’s value at 2 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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Rillington in the Domesday Book (1086)

Rillington appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Scard in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Rillington at 0.5 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Rillington supported a recorded population of 4 villagers, 2 smallholders, working 2 ploughs between them.

The survey puts Rillington’s value at 3 shillings, the same as before the Conquest. Unchanged valuations are relatively rare in the North, where disruption was widespread.

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Rimington in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Rimington, entered under the hundred of Craven in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Rimington at 5.3 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Rimington supported a recorded population of 8 villagers, 14 smallholders, 6 slaves, 22 freemanmen, working 14 ploughs between them.

By 1086 Rimington was worth 8 shillings, up from 6 shillings before the Conquest – which sets it apart from the many nearby villages left waste or devalued.

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