Burstwick in the Domesday Book (1086)
The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Burstwick, entered under the hundred of Holderness [South Hundred] in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Burstwick at 5 carucates of taxable land.
At the time of the survey, Burstwick supported a recorded population of 7 villagers, 15 smallholders, working 8 ploughs between them.
The drop in value is hard to miss. Before 1066, Burstwick was worth 8 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 6 shillings – a fall of 25%. Most Yorkshire villages that lost value on this scale were swept up in the Harrying of the North – William’s scorched-earth campaign of 1069–70.
Other Settlements in Holderness [South Hundred]
Location
53.7292°N, -0.1429°W · Holderness [South Hundred] 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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