Hemsworth in the Domesday Book (1086)
Hemsworth appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Staincross in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Hemsworth at 1.3 carucates of taxable land.
At the time of the survey, Hemsworth supported a recorded population of 9 smallholders, 2 slaves, working 2 ploughs between them.
The numbers record a sharp fall. Before 1066, Hemsworth was worth 2 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 1.5 shillings – a fall of 25%. 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.
Resources Recorded at Hemsworth (1086)
- Pigs: 10
- Sheep: 16
- Meadow: 5 acres
Other Settlements in Staincross
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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