Harthill in the Domesday Book (1086)
The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Harthill, entered under the hundred of Blackwell in Derbyshire. The survey assessed Harthill at 6 carucates of taxable land.
At the time of the survey, Harthill supported a recorded population of 4 villagers, working 1 plough between them.
The drop in value is hard to miss. Before 1066, Harthill was worth 1.51 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 3d – a fall of 90%. 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.
The survey lists 2 manors at Harthill 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 Harthill (1086)
- Meadow: 5 acres
Other Settlements in Blackwell
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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