Ottringham in the Domesday Book (1086)
Ottringham appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Holderness [South Hundred] in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Ottringham at 9.4 carucates of taxable land.
At the time of the survey, Ottringham supported a recorded population of 10 villagers, 2 smallholders, 2 slaves, working 5 ploughs between them.
The numbers record a sharp fall. Before 1066, Ottringham was worth 4.26 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 3.86 shillings – a fall of 9%. 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.
The survey lists 4 manors at Ottringham 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.
Other Settlements in Holderness [South Hundred]
Location
53.7013°N, -0.0836°W · Holderness [South Hundred] hundred, Yorkshire
View larger map on OpenStreetMap →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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