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Ripon in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Ripon is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Burghshire in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Ripon at 3 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Ripon supported a recorded population of 17 villagers, 6 smallholders, 2 slaves, working 11 ploughs between them.

The valuation dropped between 1066 and 1086. Before 1066, Ripon was worth 6.5 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 5.75 shillings – a fall of 11%. 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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Risby in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Risby is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Welton in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Risby at 36 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Risby supported a recorded population of 41 villagers, 14 smallholders, 1 slave, 16 freemanmen, working 23 ploughs between them.

By 1086 Risby was worth 42 shillings, up from 40 shillings before the Conquest – a sign this community came through the Conquest without being ruined.

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Risley in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Risley, entered under the hundred of Morleystone in Derbyshire. The survey assessed Risley at 1.1 carucates of taxable land.

The survey records Risley’s value at 1 shilling 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.

Resources Recorded at Risley (1086)

  • Woodland: 20 pigs

Other Settlements in Morleystone

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Roall Hall in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

At the time of the survey, Roall Hall supported a recorded population of 2 smallholders.

The survey records Roall Hall’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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Roby in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Roby, entered under the hundred of [West] Derby in Cheshire. The survey assessed Roby at 9.5 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Roby supported a recorded population of 42 villagers, 23 smallholders, working 11 ploughs between them.

The survey puts Roby’s value at 4 shillings, the same as before the Conquest. Unchanged valuations are relatively rare in the North, where disruption was widespread.

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Rocester in the Domesday Book (1086)

Rocester is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Totmonslow in STS. The survey assessed Rocester at 74.1 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Rocester supported a recorded population of 107 villagers, 39 smallholders, 2 slaves, 36 freemanmen, working 56 ploughs between them.

The survey records Rocester’s value at 11 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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