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Croft in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Croft is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Land of Count Alan in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Croft at 0.8 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Croft supported a recorded population of 9 villagers, working 2 ploughs between them.

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

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Croom House in the Domesday Book (1086)

Croom House is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Toreshou in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Croom House at 3.1 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Croom House supported a recorded population of 7 villagers, 4 smallholders, 12 freemanmen, working 6 ploughs between them.

Something went badly wrong here between the two surveys. Before 1066, Croom House was worth 4 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 3.05 shillings – a fall of 23%. 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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