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Boythorpe in the Domesday Book (1086)

Boythorpe is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Scarsdale in Derbyshire. The survey assessed Boythorpe at 9 carucates of taxable land.

Most significantly, Boythorpe is recorded as waste in 1086 — land rendered uninhabitable and valueless. Before the Conquest, the settlement had been assessed at 2 shillings; by 1086 that value had collapsed entirely. This pattern — prosperity before 1066, devastation by 1086 — is the unmistakable signature of the Harrying of the North, William I’s campaign of systematic destruction across Yorkshire in 1069–70.

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Bradley in the Domesday Book (1086)

Bradley appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Agbrigg in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Bradley at 2.2 carucates of taxable land.

The survey records Bradley’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.

Other Settlements in Agbrigg

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