Measham in the Domesday Book (1086)
The settlement of Measham is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Goscote in LEC. The survey assessed Measham at 4.9 carucates of taxable land.
At the time of the survey, Measham supported a recorded population of 8 villagers, 9 smallholders, 8 slaves, 32 freemanmen, working 5 ploughs between them.
The valuation dropped between 1066 and 1086. Before 1066, Measham was worth 8.85 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 8.55 shillings – a fall of 3%. 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 Measham (1086)
- Cattle: 2
- Sheep: 300
- Horses (cobs): 1
- Fisheries: 1
- Meadow: 28 acres
Other Settlements in Goscote
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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