Domesday Book
Yorkshire
Menston in the Domesday Book (1086)
YEAR: 1086
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HUNDRED: Skyrack
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COUNTY: Yorkshire
Menston is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Skyrack in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Menston at 0.2 carucates of taxable land.
At the time of the survey, Menston supported a recorded population of 1 villager, 1 slave.
The survey records Menston’s value at 10d 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 Menston (1086)
- Meadow: 12 acres
- Woodland: 12 acres
Other Settlements in Skyrack
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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