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Cowthorpe in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Cowthorpe is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Burghshire in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Cowthorpe at 10 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Cowthorpe supported a recorded population of 11 villagers, 6 smallholders, working 8 ploughs between them.

The valuation dropped between 1066 and 1086. Before 1066, Cowthorpe was worth 16 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 14 shillings – a fall of 12%. 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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Crachetorp in the Domesday Book (1086)

Crachetorp is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Hessle in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Crachetorp at 10 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Crachetorp supported a recorded population of 18 villagers, 2 smallholders, 5 slaves, working 12 ploughs between them.

Something went badly wrong here between the two surveys. Before 1066, Crachetorp was worth 12 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 9 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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Cradeuuelle in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Cradeuuelle is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Burghshire in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Cradeuuelle at 12 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Cradeuuelle supported a recorded population of 8 villagers, 2 smallholders, 6 slaves, working 4 ploughs between them.

The survey records Cradeuuelle’s value at 4 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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