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British History

Bilton in the Domesday Book (1086)

Bilton appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Ainsty in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Bilton at 3.5 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Bilton supported a recorded population of 6 villagers, 11 smallholders, 3 slaves, working 6 ploughs between them.

The survey records Bilton’s value at 4 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.