Bothelford is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Amounderness in Yorkshire.
Boughton appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Duddeston in Cheshire. The survey assessed Boughton at 5 carucates of taxable land.
At the time of the survey, Boughton supported a recorded population of 1 villager, 9 smallholders, working 3 ploughs between them.
The numbers record a sharp fall. Before 1066, Boughton 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.
Boulton appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Litchurch in Derbyshire.
Bowdon appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Tunendune in Cheshire.
The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Bowling, entered under the hundred of Morley in Yorkshire.
The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Bowthorpe, entered under the hundred of Howden in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Bowthorpe at 10 carucates of taxable land.
At the time of the survey, Bowthorpe supported a recorded population of 12 villagers, 12 smallholders, 4 slaves, working 6 ploughs between them.
The survey records Bowthorpe’s value at 15 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.
Boylestone appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Appletree in Derbyshire.
The settlement of Boynton Hall is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Hunthow in Yorkshire.
The settlement of Boynton is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Hunthow in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Boynton at 0.2 carucates of taxable land.
The survey records Boynton’s value at 0d 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.
The Domesday survey records Boynton as waste — uninhabited and unproductive. In Yorkshire, this designation most often reflects the Harrying of the North of 1069–70, when William I’s forces destroyed crops, livestock, and communities across the county to crush rebellion. Whether Boynton recovered in subsequent decades is not recorded.