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Crayke in the Domesday Book (1086)

YEAR: 1086 HUNDRED: Yarlestre 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

Location

54.1271°N, -1.1353°W · Yarlestre hundred, Yorkshire

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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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