Kilnwick Percy in the Domesday Book (1086)
Kilnwick Percy appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Warter in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Kilnwick Percy at 3 carucates of taxable land.
At the time of the survey, Kilnwick Percy supported a recorded population of 19 villagers, 5 smallholders, 3 freemanmen, working 9 ploughs between them.
The numbers record a sharp fall. Before 1066, Kilnwick Percy was worth 2.5 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 2.4 shillings – a fall of 4%. 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 Kilnwick Percy 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 Kilnwick Percy (1086)
- Mills: 2 mills (valued at 8d)
- Churches: 1
- Woodland: 2 * 2 furlongs
Other Settlements in Warter
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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