Harpham in the Domesday Book (1086)
The settlement of Harpham is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Burton in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Harpham at 3.0 carucates of taxable land.
At the time of the survey, Harpham supported a recorded population of 7 villagers, 8 smallholders, 2 slaves, 19 freemanmen, working 5 ploughs between them.
By 1086 Harpham was worth 2 shillings, up from 1.5 shillings before the Conquest – a sign this community came through the Conquest without being ruined.
The survey lists 2 manors at Harpham under different lords. Splitting a single settlement between multiple tenants was common across the North – Saxon estates broken up and handed to William’s followers after 1066.
Resources Recorded at Harpham (1086)
- Mills: 1 mill
- Pigs: 23
- Sheep: 80
- Horses (cobs): 2
- Meadow: 2 acres
- Woodland: 100 pigs
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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