Out Rawcliffe in the Domesday Book (1086)
Out Rawcliffe appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Amounderness in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Out Rawcliffe at 2 carucates of taxable land.
At the time of the survey, Out Rawcliffe supported a recorded population of 4 villagers, 5 smallholders, working 2 ploughs between them.
The numbers record a sharp fall. Before 1066, Out Rawcliffe was worth 2 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 1.25 shillings – a fall of 37%. 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.
Resources Recorded at Out Rawcliffe (1086)
- Meadow: 36 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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