Breighton in the Domesday Book (1086)
The settlement of Breighton is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Hessle in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Breighton at 4 carucates of taxable land.
At the time of the survey, Breighton supported a recorded population of 9 villagers, 3 smallholders, working 8 ploughs between them.
The survey records Breighton’s value at 2.5 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.
Other Settlements in Hessle
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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