Barlow in the Domesday Book (1086)
Barlow is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Barkston in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Barlow at 15 carucates of taxable land.
At the time of the survey, Barlow supported a recorded population of 35 villagers, 42 smallholders, 7 slaves, working 15 ploughs between them.
The survey records Barlow’s value at 19.05 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 Barlow (1086)
- Mills: 1 mill (valued at 5d)
- Cattle: 3
- Pigs: 20
- Sheep: 150
- Horses (cobs): 1
- Meadow: 100 acres
- Woodland: 8 * 6 furlongs
Other Settlements in Barkston
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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