Kex Moor in the Domesday Book (1086)
The settlement of Kex Moor is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Burghshire in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Kex Moor at 12 carucates of taxable land.
At the time of the survey, Kex Moor supported a recorded population of 5 villagers, 57 freemanmen, working 14 ploughs between them.
By 1086 Kex Moor was worth 10 shillings, up from 6 shillings before the Conquest – a sign this community came through the Conquest without being ruined.
The survey lists 2 manors at Kex Moor 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 Kex Moor (1086)
- Mills: 1 mill (valued at 3d)
- Churches: 1
- Meadow: 60 acres
Other Settlements in Burghshire
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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