Crachetorp in the Domesday Book (1086)
Crachetorp is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Hessle in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Crachetorp at 10 carucates of taxable land.
At the time of the survey, Crachetorp supported a recorded population of 18 villagers, 2 smallholders, 5 slaves, working 12 ploughs between them.
Something went badly wrong here between the two surveys. Before 1066, Crachetorp was worth 12 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 9 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.
Resources Recorded at Crachetorp (1086)
- Meadow: 2 ploughs
- Woodland: 1000 pigs
Other Settlements in Hessle
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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