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Middleton on the Wolds in the Domesday Book (1086)

YEAR: 1086 HUNDRED: Sneculfcros COUNTY: Yorkshire

Middleton on the Wolds is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Sneculfcros in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Middleton on the Wolds at 1 carucate of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Middleton on the Wolds supported a recorded population of 20 villagers, 5 smallholders, 6 slaves, working 5 ploughs between them.

The survey puts Middleton on the Wolds’s value at 8 shillings, the same as before the Conquest. Unchanged valuations are relatively rare in the North, where disruption was widespread.

Resources Recorded at Middleton on the Wolds (1086)

  • Mills: 1 mill (valued at 10d)
  • Churches: 1
  • Meadow: 8 acres
  • Woodland: 6 swine render

Other Settlements in Sneculfcros

Location

53.9328°N, -0.5605°W · Sneculfcros hundred, Yorkshire

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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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