Morton Grange in the Domesday Book (1086)
The settlement of Morton Grange is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Allerton in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Morton Grange at 17 carucates of taxable land.
At the time of the survey, Morton Grange supported a recorded population of 36 villagers, 3 smallholders, working 13 ploughs between them.
The valuation dropped between 1066 and 1086. Before 1066, Morton Grange was worth 7 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 5 shillings – a fall of 28%. 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 Morton Grange (1086)
- Churches: 1
- Meadow: 5 * 1 furlongs
Other Settlements in Allerton
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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