Domesday Book
Yorkshire
Orgrave in the Domesday Book (1086)
YEAR: 1086
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HUNDRED: Amounderness
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COUNTY: Yorkshire
The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Orgrave, entered under the hundred of Amounderness in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Orgrave at 4.4 carucates of taxable land.
At the time of the survey, Orgrave supported a recorded population of 19 freemanmen, working 6 ploughs between them.
The survey lists 3 manors at Orgrave under different lords. Splitting a single settlement between multiple tenants was common across the North – Saxon estates broken up and handed to William’s followers after 1066.
Resources Recorded at Orgrave (1086)
- Meadow: 16 acres
- Woodland: 24 acres
Other Settlements in Amounderness
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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