Domesday Book
Yorkshire
Dacre in the Domesday Book (1086)
YEAR: 1086
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HUNDRED: Burghshire
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COUNTY: Yorkshire
Dacre appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Burghshire in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Dacre at 3 carucates of taxable land.
At the time of the survey, Dacre supported a recorded population of 1 villager.
The numbers record a sharp fall. Before 1066, Dacre was worth 1 shilling; by 1086 that had dropped to 2d – a fall of 90%. 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 Dacre (1086)
- Meadow: 4 acres
- Woodland: 0.5 league * 4 furlongs mixed measures
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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