Halton in the Domesday Book (1086)
Halton appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Amounderness in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Halton at 6 carucates of taxable land.
At the time of the survey, Halton supported a recorded population of 16 villagers, working 12 ploughs between them.
The numbers record a sharp fall. Before 1066, Halton was worth 6 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 4 shillings – a fall of 33%. 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 Halton (1086)
- Meadow: 8 acres
- Woodland: 1 league 2 furlongs * 1 league mixed measures
Other Settlements in Amounderness
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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