Osmotherley in the Domesday Book (1086)
The settlement of Osmotherley is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Allerton in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Osmotherley at 5.5 carucates of taxable land.
At the time of the survey, Osmotherley supported a recorded population of 12 villagers, 11 smallholders, 5 slaves, working 5 ploughs between them.
By 1086 Osmotherley was worth 8.1 shillings, up from 7.1 shillings before the Conquest – a sign this community came through the Conquest without being ruined.
The survey lists 2 manors at Osmotherley 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 Osmotherley (1086)
- Mills: 1 mill (valued at 1 shilling)
- Meadow: 3 ploughs
- Woodland: 100 pigs
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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