Burton Hall in the Domesday Book (1086)
The settlement of Burton Hall is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Barkston in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Burton Hall at 0.5 carucates of taxable land.
At the time of the survey, Burton Hall supported a recorded population of 1 villager, working 1 plough between them.
The valuation dropped between 1066 and 1086. Before 1066, Burton Hall was worth 15d; by 1086 that had dropped to 5d – a fall of 66%. 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 Barkston
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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