Menethorpe in the Domesday Book (1086)
Menethorpe is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Acklam in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Menethorpe at 1 carucate of taxable land.
At the time of the survey, Menethorpe supported a recorded population of 4 villagers, 4 smallholders, 1 slave, working 1 plough between them.
The survey records Menethorpe’s value at 1 shilling in 1086. No pre-Conquest figure survives – not unusual in the North, where records were disrupted by the Harrying and by the patchy coverage of the survey.
Resources Recorded at Menethorpe (1086)
- Meadow: 2 acres
- Woodland: 2 acres
Other Settlements in Acklam
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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