Barningham in the Domesday Book (1086)
Barningham appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Land of Count Alan in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Barningham at 2 carucates of taxable land.
At the time of the survey, Barningham supported a recorded population of 3 villagers, 5 slaves, 2 freemanmen, working 4 ploughs between them.
The survey puts Barningham’s value at 2 shillings, the same as before the Conquest. Unchanged valuations are relatively rare in the North, where disruption was widespread.
Resources Recorded at Barningham (1086)
- Meadow: 12 acres
Other Settlements in Land of Count Alan
Location
54.4896°N, -1.8688°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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