Domesday Book
Yorkshire
Bilton in the Domesday Book (1086)
YEAR: 1086
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HUNDRED: Ainsty
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COUNTY: Yorkshire
Bilton appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Ainsty in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Bilton at 3.5 carucates of taxable land.
At the time of the survey, Bilton supported a recorded population of 6 villagers, 11 smallholders, 3 slaves, working 6 ploughs between them.
The survey records Bilton’s value at 4 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 Bilton (1086)
- Mills: 1 mill (valued at 3d)
- Sheep: 15
- Meadow: 26 acres
- Woodland: 6 acres
Other Settlements in Ainsty
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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