Hart Carrs in the Domesday Book (1086)
Hart Carrs is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Amounderness in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Hart Carrs at 1.5 carucates of taxable land.
At the time of the survey, Hart Carrs supported a recorded population of 7 villagers, 1 smallholder, 6 freemanmen, working 4 ploughs between them.
By 1086 Hart Carrs was worth 1.8 shillings, up from 1.7000000000000002 shillings before the Conquest – in contrast to many Yorkshire neighbours whose valuations collapsed.
The survey lists 3 manors at Hart Carrs 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 Hart Carrs (1086)
- Mills: 1 mill (valued at 4d)
- Churches: 1
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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