Domesday Book

Danthorpe in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Danthorpe, entered under the hundred of Holderness [Middle Hundred] in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Danthorpe at 2 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Danthorpe supported a recorded population of 9 smallholders, working 3 ploughs between them.

The survey records Danthorpe’s value at 15 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.

Darfield in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Darfield, entered under the hundred of Strafforth in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Darfield at 5.5 carucates of taxable land.

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

Darley in the Domesday Book (1086)

Darley appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Blackwell in Derbyshire.

Other Settlements in Blackwell

Darrington in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Darrington, entered under the hundred of Osgodcross in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Darrington at 2.4 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Darrington supported a recorded population of 17 villagers, 16 freemanmen, working 13 ploughs between them.

Resources Recorded at Darrington (1086)

• Meadow: 20 acres
• Woodland: 1 * 0.5 furlongs

Other Settlements in Osgodcross

Darton in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Darton is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Staincross in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Staincross

Davenham in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Davenham, entered under the hundred of Middlewich in Cheshire. The survey assessed Davenham at 14 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Davenham supported a recorded population of 6 villagers, 24 freemanmen, working 10 ploughs between them.

By 1086 Davenham was worth 1.6 shillings, up from 1.5 shillings before the Conquest – which sets it apart from the many nearby villages left waste or devalued.

Davenport in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Davenport, entered under the hundred of Middlewich in Cheshire.

Other Settlements in Middlewich

Deighton in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Deighton, entered under the hundred of Allerton in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Allerton

Deighton in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Deighton, entered under the hundred of Pocklington in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Deighton at 5.8 carucates of taxable land.

The survey records Deighton’s value at 0d 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.

The survey lists 2 manors at Deighton under different lords. Splitting a single settlement between multiple tenants was common across the North – Saxon estates broken up and handed to William’s followers after 1066.