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Cruttonstall in the Domesday Book (1086)

Cruttonstall appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Morley in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Cruttonstall at 10.5 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Cruttonstall supported a recorded population of 4 villagers, 4 smallholders, 3 slaves, working 2 ploughs between them.

The numbers record a sharp fall. Before 1066, Cruttonstall was worth 5 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 4 shillings – a fall of 19%. 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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Cwybr Bach in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Cwybr Bach, entered under the hundred of Ati’s Cross in Cheshire. The survey assessed Cwybr Bach at 28.2 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Cwybr Bach supported a recorded population of 42 villagers, 48 smallholders, 41 freemanmen, working 45 ploughs between them.

The drop in value is hard to miss. Before 1066, Cwybr Bach was worth 28 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 17.5 shillings – a fall of 37%. 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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Cwybr in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Cwybr is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Ati’s Cross in Cheshire. The survey assessed Cwybr at 1.5 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Cwybr supported a recorded population of 23 villagers, 13 smallholders, 8 slaves, working 17 ploughs between them.

The survey records Cwybr’s value at 10.5 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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