Acaster Malbis in the Domesday Book (1086)
Acaster Malbis appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Ainsty in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Acaster Malbis at 1.5 carucates of taxable land.
At the time of the survey, Acaster Malbis supported a recorded population of 4 smallholders, working 1 plough between them.
The numbers record a sharp fall. Before 1066, Acaster Malbis was worth 1.5 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 1 shilling – a fall of 33%. 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.
Other Settlements in Ainsty
Data derived from the Open Domesday project (opendomesday.org), based on the Domesday Book dataset compiled by Professor J.J.N. Palmer and team. The Domesday Book (1086) is in the public domain.
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