Dalton in the Domesday Book (1086)
Dalton appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Agbrigg in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Dalton at 30 carucates of taxable land.
At the time of the survey, Dalton supported a recorded population of 69 villagers, 17 smallholders, 49 slaves, working 58 ploughs between them.
The numbers record a sharp fall. Before 1066, Dalton was worth 38 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 33 shillings – a fall of 13%. 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 Dalton (1086)
- Mills: 4 mills (valued at 18d)
- Meadow: 10 acres
- Woodland: 1 * 0.5 leagues
Other Settlements in Agbrigg
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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