Foston on the Wolds in the Domesday Book (1086)
The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Foston on the Wolds, entered under the hundred of Torbar in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Foston on the Wolds at 6 carucates of taxable land.
At the time of the survey, Foston on the Wolds supported a recorded population of 3 villagers, working 2 ploughs between them.
The drop in value is hard to miss. Before 1066, Foston on the Wolds was worth 2 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 10d – a fall of 75%. 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 Foston on the Wolds (1086)
- Churches: 1
- Fisheries: 2
- Meadow: 10 acres
- Woodland: 1 * 0.5 leagues
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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