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Burton Hall in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Burton Hall is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Barkston in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Burton Hall at 0.5 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Burton Hall supported a recorded population of 1 villager, working 1 plough between them.

The valuation dropped between 1066 and 1086. Before 1066, Burton Hall was worth 15d; by 1086 that had dropped to 5d – a fall of 66%. 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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Burton in Lonsdale in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Burton in Lonsdale is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Amounderness in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Burton in Lonsdale at 3.0 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Burton in Lonsdale supported a recorded population of 4 villagers, 6 smallholders, 7 slaves, 6 freemanmen, working 6 ploughs between them.

By 1086 Burton in Lonsdale was worth 5.25 shillings, up from 5 shillings before the Conquest – a sign this community came through the Conquest without being ruined.

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Burton in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Burton, entered under the hundred of Amounderness in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Burton at 12.1 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Burton supported a recorded population of 14 villagers, 15 smallholders, 11 freemanmen, working 21 ploughs between them.

By 1086 Burton was worth 36 shillings, up from 30 shillings before the Conquest – which sets it apart from the many nearby villages left waste or devalued.

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