Bugthorpe in the Domesday Book (1086)
The settlement of Bugthorpe is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Acklam in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Bugthorpe at 2.6 carucates of taxable land.
At the time of the survey, Bugthorpe supported a recorded population of 10 villagers, 4 smallholders, 3 slaves, working 3 ploughs between them.
The survey puts Bugthorpe’s value at 2.1 shillings, the same as before the Conquest. Unchanged valuations are relatively rare in the North, where disruption was widespread.
The survey lists 3 manors at Bugthorpe under different lords. Splitting a single settlement between multiple tenants was common across the North – Saxon estates broken up and handed to William’s followers after 1066.
Other Settlements in Acklam
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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