Maxudesmares in the Domesday Book (1086)
The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Maxudesmares, entered under the hundred of Dic in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Maxudesmares at 6.9 carucates of taxable land.
At the time of the survey, Maxudesmares supported a recorded population of 10 villagers, 6 smallholders, 3 slaves, 33 freemanmen, working 16 ploughs between them.
By 1086 Maxudesmares was worth 14.14 shillings, up from 11 shillings before the Conquest – which sets it apart from the many nearby villages left waste or devalued.
The survey lists 5 manors at Maxudesmares 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 Maxudesmares (1086)
- Mills: 4 mills
- Churches: 2
- Cattle: 24
- Pigs: 17
- Sheep: 139
- Horses (cobs): 6
- Fisheries: 3
- Meadow: 4 None
- Woodland: 8 None
Other Settlements in Dic
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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