Elestolf in the Domesday Book (1086)
The settlement of Elestolf is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Torbar in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Elestolf at 10 carucates of taxable land.
At the time of the survey, Elestolf supported a recorded population of 18 villagers, 8 smallholders, 9 slaves, working 11 ploughs between them.
The valuation dropped between 1066 and 1086. Before 1066, Elestolf was worth 12 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 10 shillings – a fall of 16%. 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 Elestolf (1086)
- Mills: 1 mill (valued at 13d)
- Meadow: 5 ploughs
Other Settlements in Torbar
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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