Normanby in the Domesday Book (1086)
The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Normanby, entered under the hundred of Langbaurgh in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Normanby at 32 carucates of taxable land.
At the time of the survey, Normanby supported a recorded population of 38 villagers, 15 smallholders, working 20 ploughs between them.
The drop in value is hard to miss. Before 1066, Normanby was worth 44 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 34 shillings – a fall of 22%. 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 Normanby (1086)
- Mills: 3 mills (valued at 13d)
- Fisheries: 1
- Woodland: 3 * 1.5 leagues
Other Settlements in Langbaurgh
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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