Everthorpe in the Domesday Book (1086)
The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Everthorpe, entered under the hundred of Cave in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Everthorpe at 5 carucates of taxable land.
At the time of the survey, Everthorpe supported a recorded population of 10 villagers, working 3 ploughs between them.
The drop in value is hard to miss. Before 1066, Everthorpe was worth 8 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 6 shillings – a fall of 25%. 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 Everthorpe (1086)
- Mills: 4 mills (valued at 2 shillings)
- Meadow: 100 acres
- Woodland: 8 acres
Other Settlements in Cave
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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