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British History

Winkton in the Domesday Book (1086)

Winkton is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Holderness [North Hundred] in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Winkton at 4.2 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Winkton supported a recorded population of 19 villagers, 9 smallholders, 4 slaves, working 21 ploughs between them.

The survey records Winkton’s value at 23 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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Winterburn in the Domesday Book (1086)

Winterburn is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Craven in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Winterburn at 3 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Winterburn supported a recorded population of 3 villagers, 4 smallholders, 7 slaves, working 3 ploughs between them.

The survey puts Winterburn’s value at 2.5 shillings, the same as before the Conquest. Unchanged valuations are relatively rare in the North, where disruption was widespread.