Fingall in the Domesday Book (1086)
Fingall is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Land of Count Alan in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Fingall at 5 carucates of taxable land.
At the time of the survey, Fingall supported a recorded population of 26 villagers, 7 smallholders, working 9 ploughs between them.
Something went badly wrong here between the two surveys. Before 1066, Fingall was worth 6 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 5 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 Fingall (1086)
- Mills: 1 mill (valued at 15d)
- Fisheries: 3
- Meadow: 10 * 10 furlongs
Other Settlements in Land of Count Alan
Location
54.3006°N, -1.7157°W · Land of Count Alan 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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