Hangton Hill in the Domesday Book (1086)
Hangton Hill is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Langbaurgh in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Hangton Hill at 4.5 carucates of taxable land.
At the time of the survey, Hangton Hill supported a recorded population of 25 villagers, 6 smallholders, 6 slaves, working 10 ploughs between them.
The survey records Hangton Hill’s value at 14.7 shillings in 1086. No pre-Conquest figure survives – not unusual in the North, where records were disrupted by the Harrying and by the patchy coverage of the survey.
Resources Recorded at Hangton Hill (1086)
- Cattle: 6
- Sheep: 30
- Meadow: 6 acres
- Woodland: 1 * 1 leagues
Other Settlements in Langbaurgh
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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