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Malham in the Domesday Book (1086)

YEAR: 1086 HUNDRED: Craven COUNTY: Yorkshire

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Malham, entered under the hundred of Craven in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Malham at 1 carucate of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Malham supported a recorded population of 21 villagers, 10 smallholders, 3 slaves, working 15 ploughs between them.

The survey records Malham’s value at 11.75 shillings 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 Malham (1086)

  • Mills: 1 mill (valued at 3d)
  • Churches: 1
  • Cattle: 6
  • Meadow: 36 acres
  • Woodland: 10 acres

Other Settlements in Craven

Location

54.0582°N, -2.1451°W · Craven hundred, Yorkshire

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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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