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Settrington in the Domesday Book (1086)

Settrington is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Scard in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Settrington at 8 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Settrington supported a recorded population of 22 villagers, 18 smallholders, 3 slaves, working 16 ploughs between them.

Something went badly wrong here between the two surveys. Before 1066, Settrington was worth 16 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 13 shillings – a fall of 18%. 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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Shafton in the Domesday Book (1086)

Shafton is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Staincross in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Shafton at 1.6 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Shafton supported a recorded population of 3 smallholders, 7 freemanmen, working 1 plough between them.

The survey records Shafton’s value at 1.02 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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