Easington in the Domesday Book (1086)
Easington is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Holderness [South Hundred] in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Easington at 1 carucate of taxable land.
At the time of the survey, Easington supported a recorded population of 4 smallholders, 3 slaves.
The survey records Easington’s value at 10d in 1086. No pre-Conquest figure survives – not unusual in the North, where records were disrupted by the Harrying and by the patchy coverage of the survey.
Resources Recorded at Easington (1086)
- Woodland: 3 acres
Other Settlements in Holderness [South Hundred]
Location
53.6531°N, 0.1110°E · Holderness [South Hundred] hundred, Yorkshire
View larger map on OpenStreetMap →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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