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British History

Trangesbi in the Domesday Book (1086)

Trangesbi is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Goscote in LEC. The survey assessed Trangesbi at 106.7 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Trangesbi supported a recorded population of 36 villagers, 31 smallholders, 4 slaves, 100 freemanmen, working 57 ploughs between them.

The survey records Trangesbi’s value at 25 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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Treeton in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Treeton is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Strafforth in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Treeton at 40 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Treeton supported a recorded population of 27 villagers, 31 smallholders, 6 slaves, working 14 ploughs between them.

By 1086 Treeton was worth 26 shillings, up from 20 shillings before the Conquest – a sign this community came through the Conquest without being ruined.