Horton in Ribblesdale in the Domesday Book (1086)
The settlement of Horton in Ribblesdale is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Craven in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Horton in Ribblesdale at 0.2 carucates of taxable land.
At the time of the survey, Horton in Ribblesdale supported a recorded population of 1 villager, 5 smallholders, 1 slave, working 2 ploughs between them.
The survey records Horton in Ribblesdale’s value at 10d in 1086. No pre-Conquest figure survives – not unusual in the North, where records were disrupted by the Harrying and by the patchy coverage of the survey.
Resources Recorded at Horton in Ribblesdale (1086)
- Sheep: 29
- Meadow: 5 acres
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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