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Birkby Hall in the Domesday Book (1086)

Birkby Hall is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Craven in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Craven

The Meaning of the Name

The name Birkby Hall is of Scandinavian origin. Its final element derives from the Old Norse word bý, a farmstead or village, while the first element appears to represent birch (ON birki). Taken together the name probably meant something close to ’the birch farmstead’.

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Birkby Hill in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Birkby Hill is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Skyrack in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Birkby Hill at 9 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Birkby Hill supported a recorded population of 17 villagers, 3 smallholders, working 9 ploughs between them.

The valuation dropped between 1066 and 1086. Before 1066, Birkby Hill was worth 8 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 6 shillings – a fall of 25%. 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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Birkby in the Domesday Book (1086)

Birkby is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Allerton in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Allerton

The Meaning of the Name

The name Birkby is of Scandinavian origin. Its final element derives from the Old Norse word bý, a farmstead or village, while the first element appears to represent birch (ON birki). Taken together the name probably meant something close to ’the birch farmstead’.

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Birkin in the Domesday Book (1086)

Birkin appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Barkston in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Barkston

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Birkin is not securely established from its modern form alone; like many settlement names in the North it likely combines an Old English or Old Norse personal name with a landscape term.

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Birstwith in the Domesday Book (1086)

Birstwith is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Burghshire in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Burghshire

The Meaning of the Name

The name Birstwith is of Scandinavian origin. Its final element derives from the Old Norse word viðr, a wood. The first element is most likely a personal name or an early descriptive term, now difficult to recover with certainty. Taken together the name probably meant something close to ‘a wood’.

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Bishop Burton in the Domesday Book (1086)

Bishop Burton appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Weighton in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Bishop Burton at 2.8 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Bishop Burton supported a recorded population of 2 villagers, 5 smallholders, 3 slaves, working 3 ploughs between them.

By 1086 Bishop Burton was worth 3.75 shillings, up from 2.75 shillings before the Conquest – one of the few settlements in the area to hold its value through the upheaval.

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Bishop Monkton in the Domesday Book (1086)

Bishop Monkton is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Burghshire in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Bishop Monkton at 6.8 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Bishop Monkton supported a recorded population of 32 villagers, 29 smallholders, 38 freemanmen, working 33 ploughs between them.

Something went badly wrong here between the two surveys. Before 1066, Bishop Monkton was worth 6 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 3 shillings – a fall of 50%. 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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Bishop Thornton in the Domesday Book (1086)

Bishop Thornton appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Burghshire in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Bishop Thornton at 87.4 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Bishop Thornton supported a recorded population of 30 villagers, working 9 ploughs between them.

The numbers record a sharp fall. Before 1066, Bishop Thornton was worth 88 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 1.01 shillings – a fall of 98%. 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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Bishop Wilton in the Domesday Book (1086)

Bishop Wilton is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Pocklington in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Bishop Wilton at 27 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Bishop Wilton supported a recorded population of 31 villagers, 12 smallholders, 3 slaves, working 23 ploughs between them.

By 1086 Bishop Wilton was worth 12.5 shillings, up from 12 shillings before the Conquest – in contrast to many Yorkshire neighbours whose valuations collapsed.

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