Domesday Book
Yorkshire
Crayke in the Domesday Book (1086)
YEAR: 1086
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HUNDRED: Yarlestre
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COUNTY: Yorkshire
Crayke appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Yarlestre in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Crayke at 12 carucates of taxable land.
The survey lists 2 manors at Crayke 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 Crayke (1086)
- Woodland: 2 * 2 None
Other Settlements in Yarlestre
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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