Long Riston in the Domesday Book (1086)
Long Riston is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Holderness [North Hundred] in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Long Riston at 5.0 carucates of taxable land.
At the time of the survey, Long Riston supported a recorded population of 11 villagers, 5 smallholders, 7 slaves, working 7 ploughs between them.
The survey puts Long Riston’s value at 4.5 shillings, the same as before the Conquest. Unchanged valuations are relatively rare in the North, where disruption was widespread.
The survey lists 2 manors at Long Riston 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 Long Riston (1086)
- Meadow: 10 None
Other Settlements in Holderness [North Hundred]
Location
53.8663°N, -0.2890°W · Holderness [North Hundred] 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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