Arnodestorp in the Domesday Book (1086)
Arnodestorp is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Langbaurgh in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Arnodestorp at 11.2 carucates of taxable land.
At the time of the survey, Arnodestorp supported a recorded population of 28 villagers, 11 smallholders, 8 slaves, working 17 ploughs between them.
Something went badly wrong here between the two surveys. Before 1066, Arnodestorp was worth 11 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 10 shillings – a fall of 9%. 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.
The survey lists 4 manors at Arnodestorp under different lords. Splitting a single settlement between multiple tenants was common across the North – Saxon estates broken up and handed to William’s followers after 1066.
Resources Recorded at Arnodestorp (1086)
- Mills: 2 mills (valued at 3.75 shillings)
- Fisheries: 2
- Meadow: 10 acres
- Woodland: 4 * 2 furlongs
Other Settlements in Langbaurgh
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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