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East Rigton in the Domesday Book (1086)

East Rigton appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Skyrack in Yorkshire. The survey assessed East Rigton at 0.4 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, East Rigton supported a recorded population of 6 smallholders, 1 slave, working 4 ploughs between them.

The survey records East Rigton’s value at 15d 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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East Tanfield in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of East Tanfield, entered under the hundred of Hallikeld in Yorkshire. The survey assessed East Tanfield at 132 carucates of taxable land.

Most significantly, East Tanfield is recorded as waste in 1086 — land rendered uninhabitable and valueless. Before the Conquest, the settlement had been assessed at 80.5 shillings; by 1086 that value had collapsed entirely. This pattern — prosperity before 1066, devastation by 1086 — is the unmistakable signature of the Harrying of the North, William I’s campaign of systematic destruction across Yorkshire in 1069–70.

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Eastburn in the Domesday Book (1086)

Eastburn appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Craven in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Eastburn at 12 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Eastburn supported a recorded population of 3 villagers, 13 slaves, working 8 ploughs between them.

The survey records Eastburn’s value at 13.75 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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Eastburn in the Domesday Book (1086)

Eastburn appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Driffield in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Eastburn at 0.2 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Eastburn supported a recorded population of 6 villagers, 3 smallholders, 1 slave, working 2 ploughs between them.

The survey records Eastburn’s value at 1 shilling 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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