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Danby Wiske in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Danby Wiske, entered under the hundred of Land of Count Alan in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Danby Wiske at 52.8 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Danby Wiske supported a recorded population of 29 villagers, 5 smallholders, 6 freemanmen, working 15 ploughs between them.

The drop in value is hard to miss. Before 1066, Danby Wiske was worth 40 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 6 shillings – a fall of 85%. 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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