Sowerby Hall is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Amounderness in Yorkshire.
Sowerby appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Langbaurgh in Yorkshire.
Sowerby appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Morley in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Sowerby at 3 carucates of taxable land.
At the time of the survey, Sowerby supported a recorded population of 7 villagers, 3 smallholders, working 2 ploughs between them.
The numbers record a sharp fall. Before 1066, Sowerby was worth 2 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 16d – a fall of 60%. 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.
Sowerby appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Yarlestre in Yorkshire.
The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Sowerby under Cotcliffe, entered under the hundred of Allerton in Yorkshire.
Spaldington appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Hessle in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Spaldington at 6 carucates of taxable land.
Most significantly, Spaldington is recorded as waste in 1086 — land rendered uninhabitable and valueless. Before the Conquest, the settlement had been assessed at 1.8 shillings; by 1086 that value had collapsed entirely. This pattern — prosperity before 1066, devastation by 1086 — is the unmistakable signature of the Harrying of the North, William I’s campaign of systematic destruction across Yorkshire in 1069–70.
Spaunton is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Maneshou in Yorkshire.
Speeton appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Hunthow in Yorkshire.
Speke is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of [West] Derby in Cheshire.