Ilton in the Domesday Book (1086)
The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Ilton, entered under the hundred of Land of Count Alan in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Ilton at 10 carucates of taxable land.
At the time of the survey, Ilton supported a recorded population of 7 villagers, 3 smallholders, 6 slaves, working 7 ploughs between them.
The drop in value is hard to miss. Before 1066, Ilton was worth 8.1 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 7.1 shillings – a fall of 12%. 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 Ilton 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 Ilton (1086)
- Meadow: 1 ploughs
Other Settlements in Land of Count Alan
Location
54.2017°N, -1.7010°W · Land of Count Alan hundred, Yorkshire
View larger map on OpenStreetMap →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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