Mapleton in the Domesday Book (1086)
Mapleton appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Hamston in Derbyshire. The survey assessed Mapleton at 10.0 carucates of taxable land.
At the time of the survey, Mapleton supported a recorded population of 7 villagers, 3 smallholders, 2 slaves, working 8 ploughs between them.
The numbers record a sharp fall. Before 1066, Mapleton was worth 5.64 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 5.54 shillings – a fall of 1%. 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 8 manors at Mapleton 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 Mapleton (1086)
- Meadow: 1 ploughs
- Woodland: 100 pigs
Other Settlements in Hamston
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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