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Dilworth House in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Dilworth House, entered under the hundred of Amounderness in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Dilworth House at 2 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Dilworth House supported a recorded population of 10 villagers, 7 smallholders, working 6 ploughs between them.

The drop in value is hard to miss. Before 1066, Dilworth House was worth 2 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 1 shilling – a fall of 50%. 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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Dimlington in the Domesday Book (1086)

Dimlington appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Holderness [South Hundred] in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Dimlington at 2 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Dimlington supported a recorded population of 3 villagers, 7 smallholders, working 6 ploughs between them.

By 1086 Dimlington was worth 1.5 shillings, up from 1 shilling before the Conquest – one of the few settlements in the area to hold its value through the upheaval.

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