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Burton Constable in the Domesday Book (1086)

YEAR: 1086 HUNDRED: Holderness [Middle Hundred] COUNTY: Yorkshire

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Burton Constable, entered under the hundred of Holderness [Middle Hundred] in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Burton Constable at 1 carucate of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Burton Constable supported a recorded population of 6 smallholders, 4 slaves, working 3 ploughs between them.

By 1086 Burton Constable was worth 4 shillings, up from 2 shillings before the Conquest – which sets it apart from the many nearby villages left waste or devalued.

Resources Recorded at Burton Constable (1086)

  • Churches: 1
  • Woodland: 20 swine render

Other Settlements in Holderness [Middle Hundred]

Location

53.8110°N, -0.2001°W · Holderness [Middle Hundred] hundred, Yorkshire

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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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