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Hatfield in the Domesday Book (1086)

YEAR: 1086 HUNDRED: Strafforth COUNTY: Yorkshire

The settlement of Hatfield is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Strafforth in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Hatfield at 2 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Hatfield supported a recorded population of 9 villagers, 10 smallholders, working 5 ploughs between them.

The survey puts Hatfield’s value at 2 shillings, the same as before the Conquest. Unchanged valuations are relatively rare in the North, where disruption was widespread.

Resources Recorded at Hatfield (1086)

  • Meadow: 12 acres
  • Woodland: 3 * 3 furlongs

Other Settlements in Strafforth

Location

53.5776°N, -0.9955°W · Strafforth hundred, Yorkshire

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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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