Cayton in the Domesday Book (1086)
Cayton appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Burghshire in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Cayton at 8.5 carucates of taxable land.
At the time of the survey, Cayton supported a recorded population of 6 villagers, 18 smallholders, 1 slave, 37 freemanmen, working 12 ploughs between them.
The survey lists 2 manors at Cayton 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 Cayton (1086)
- Mills: 1 mill
- Pigs: 9
- Fisheries: 0
- Meadow: 16 acres
- Woodland: 300 pigs
Other Settlements in Burghshire
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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