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Arnford in the Domesday Book (1086)

YEAR: 1086 HUNDRED: Craven COUNTY: Yorkshire

Arnford appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Craven in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Arnford at 5 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Arnford supported a recorded population of 14 villagers, 1 smallholder, 5 slaves, working 9 ploughs between them.

The survey records Arnford’s value at 5 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.

Resources Recorded at Arnford (1086)

  • Mills: 1 mill (valued at 4d)
  • Meadow: 6 acres
  • Woodland: 3 * 1 furlongs

Other Settlements in Craven

Location

54.0041°N, -2.2518°W · Craven hundred, Yorkshire

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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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