Domesday Book
Yorkshire
Besthaim in the Domesday Book (1086)
YEAR: 1086
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HUNDRED: Burghshire
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COUNTY: Yorkshire
Besthaim appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Burghshire in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Besthaim at 5 carucates of taxable land.
At the time of the survey, Besthaim supported a recorded population of 9 villagers, 2 smallholders, 1 slave, working 7 ploughs between them.
The survey puts Besthaim’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 Besthaim (1086)
- Mills: 1 mill (valued at 2d)
- Meadow: 10.5 acres
Other Settlements in Burghshire
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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