Ounesbi in the Domesday Book (1086)
The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Ounesbi, entered under the hundred of Land of Count Alan in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Ounesbi at 12 carucates of taxable land.
At the time of the survey, Ounesbi supported a recorded population of 45 villagers, 21 smallholders, 6 slaves, working 21 ploughs between them.
The survey records Ounesbi’s value at 16 shillings in 1086. No pre-Conquest figure survives – not unusual in the North, where records were disrupted by the Harrying and by the patchy coverage of the survey.
Resources Recorded at Ounesbi (1086)
- Mills: 2 mills (valued at 1 shilling)
- Meadow: 10 acres
- Woodland: 2 * 2 leagues & 3 * 2 furlongs mixed measures
Other Settlements in Land of Count Alan
Location
54.2819°N, -1.5008°W · Land of Count Alan 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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