Carnforth in the Domesday Book (1086)
Carnforth is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Amounderness in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Carnforth at 20.8 carucates of taxable land.
At the time of the survey, Carnforth supported a recorded population of 22 villagers, 20 smallholders, 13 slaves, working 20 ploughs between them.
The survey records Carnforth’s value at 18 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.
The survey lists 2 manors at Carnforth 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.
Resources Recorded at Carnforth (1086)
- Cattle: 16
- Pigs: 27
- Sheep: 180
- Horses (cobs): 3
- Meadow: 6 acres
- Woodland: 2 acres
Other Settlements in Amounderness
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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