Barden in the Domesday Book (1086)
Barden is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Land of Count Alan in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Barden at 2 carucates of taxable land.
At the time of the survey, Barden supported a recorded population of 4 villagers, 2 smallholders, 5 slaves, working 5 ploughs between them.
Something went badly wrong here between the two surveys. Before 1066, Barden was worth 4 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 3 shillings – a fall of 25%. 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 Barden (1086)
- Mills: 1 mill (valued at 5d)
- Meadow: 5 ploughs
- Woodland: 20 pigs
Other Settlements in Land of Count Alan
Location
54.3367°N, -1.7770°W · Land of Count Alan hundred, Yorkshire
View larger map on OpenStreetMap →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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