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Sturton Grange in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Sturton Grange is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Skyrack in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Sturton Grange at 1 carucate of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Sturton Grange supported a recorded population of 17 villagers, 1 smallholder, working 4 ploughs between them.

The valuation dropped between 1066 and 1086. Before 1066, Sturton Grange was worth 1.5 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 1 shilling – a fall of 33%. 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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Sudbury in the Domesday Book (1086)

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

At the time of the survey, Sudbury supported a recorded population of 16 villagers, 5 slaves, working 7 ploughs between them.

The survey records Sudbury’s value at 5 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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Sudcniton in the Domesday Book (1086)

Sudcniton appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Acklam in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Sudcniton at 15.2 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Sudcniton supported a recorded population of 6 villagers, 5 smallholders, 2 freemanmen, working 8 ploughs between them.

The numbers record a sharp fall. Before 1066, Sudcniton was worth 8 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 1.5 shillings – a fall of 81%. 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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Sudfell in the Domesday Book (1086)

Sudfell is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Ati’s Cross in Cheshire. The survey assessed Sudfell at 0.5 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Sudfell supported a recorded population of 1 villager, 2 smallholders, working 1 plough between them.

By 1086 Sudfell was worth 8d, up from 5d before the Conquest – in contrast to many Yorkshire neighbours whose valuations collapsed.

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