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Norton in the Domesday Book (1086)

YEAR: 1086 HUNDRED: Scard COUNTY: Yorkshire

Norton appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Scard in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Norton at 1.5 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Norton supported a recorded population of 4 smallholders, 2 freemanmen, working 1 plough between them.

Resources Recorded at Norton (1086)

  • Meadow: 8 acres

Other Settlements in Scard

Location

54.1330°N, -0.7831°W · Scard 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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