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Horbury in the Domesday Book (1086)

YEAR: 1086 HUNDRED: Agbrigg COUNTY: Yorkshire

The settlement of Horbury is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Agbrigg in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Horbury at 145 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Horbury supported a recorded population of 16 villagers, 6 smallholders, 3 freemanmen, working 18 ploughs between them.

Resources Recorded at Horbury (1086)

  • Churches: 2
  • Fisheries: 1
  • Meadow: 12 acres
  • Woodland: 1 * 1 leagues

Other Settlements in Agbrigg

Location

53.6619°N, -1.5535°W · Agbrigg 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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