North Stainley in the Domesday Book (1086)
North Stainley appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Hallikeld in Yorkshire. The survey assessed North Stainley at 10 carucates of taxable land.
At the time of the survey, North Stainley supported a recorded population of 18 villagers, 4 smallholders, 8 slaves, working 18 ploughs between them.
The numbers record a sharp fall. Before 1066, North Stainley was worth 12 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 7 shillings – a fall of 41%. 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 North Stainley (1086)
- Mills: 2 mills (valued at 15d)
Other Settlements in Hallikeld
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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