Ganton in the Domesday Book (1086)
The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Ganton, entered under the hundred of Burton in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Ganton at 8.5 carucates of taxable land.
At the time of the survey, Ganton supported a recorded population of 5 villagers, working 1 plough between them.
The drop in value is hard to miss. Before 1066, Ganton was worth 1 shilling; by 1086 that had dropped to 12d – a fall of 40%. 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 Ganton (1086)
- Woodland: 0.5 leagues * 2 furlongs mixed measures
Other Settlements in Burton
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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