Marton in Cleveland in the Domesday Book (1086)
The settlement of Marton in Cleveland is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Langbaurgh in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Marton in Cleveland at 6 carucates of taxable land.
At the time of the survey, Marton in Cleveland supported a recorded population of 9 villagers, working 4 ploughs between them.
The valuation dropped between 1066 and 1086. Before 1066, Marton in Cleveland was worth 2 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 1 shilling – a fall of 50%. 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.
Resources Recorded at Marton in Cleveland (1086)
- Churches: 1
Other Settlements in Langbaurgh
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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