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British History

Thurnscoe in the Domesday Book (1086)

Thurnscoe appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Strafforth in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Thurnscoe at 0.8 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Thurnscoe supported a recorded population of 6 smallholders, working 2 ploughs between them.

The survey puts Thurnscoe’s value at 2 shillings, the same as before the Conquest. Unchanged valuations are relatively rare in the North, where disruption was widespread.