High and Low Bradley in the Domesday Book (1086)
The settlement of High and Low Bradley is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Craven in Yorkshire. The survey assessed High and Low Bradley at 7 carucates of taxable land.
At the time of the survey, High and Low Bradley supported a recorded population of 7 villagers, working 3 ploughs between them.
The valuation dropped between 1066 and 1086. Before 1066, High and Low Bradley was worth 2 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 10d – a fall of 74%. 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 High and Low Bradley 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 High and Low Bradley (1086)
- Churches: 1
- Meadow: 1 acres
- Woodland: 1 * 0.5 leagues
Other Settlements in Craven
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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