Rawdon in the Domesday Book (1086)
The settlement of Rawdon is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Skyrack in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Rawdon at 0.9 carucates of taxable land.
At the time of the survey, Rawdon supported a recorded population of 4 smallholders, 5 freemanmen, working 1 plough between them.
By 1086 Rawdon was worth 1.71 shillings, up from 1.21 shillings before the Conquest – a sign this community came through the Conquest without being ruined.
The survey lists 2 manors at Rawdon 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 Rawdon (1086)
- Meadow: 2 acres
- Woodland: 10 None
Other Settlements in Skyrack
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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