Maltby in the Domesday Book (1086)
Maltby appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Strafforth in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Maltby at 5.8 carucates of taxable land.
At the time of the survey, Maltby supported a recorded population of 19 villagers, 24 smallholders, 1 slave, working 10 ploughs between them.
The numbers record a sharp fall. Before 1066, Maltby was worth 11.6 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 10.05 shillings – a fall of 13%. 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 4 manors at Maltby 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 Maltby (1086)
- Meadow: 0.5 ploughs
Other Settlements in Strafforth
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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