Adwick upon Dearne in the Domesday Book (1086)
Adwick upon Dearne is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Strafforth in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Adwick upon Dearne at 60.8 carucates of taxable land.
At the time of the survey, Adwick upon Dearne supported a recorded population of 11 villagers, 19 smallholders, 5 freemanmen, working 13 ploughs between them.
Something went badly wrong here between the two surveys. Before 1066, Adwick upon Dearne was worth 10 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 3 shillings – a fall of 70%. 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.
Resources Recorded at Adwick upon Dearne (1086)
- Churches: 1
- Meadow: 4 acres
- Woodland: 2 leagues + 3 furlongs * 2 leagues + 3 furlongs & 9 * 9 leagues mixed measures
Other Settlements in Strafforth
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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