Rigton in the Domesday Book (1086)
Rigton is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Burghshire in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Rigton at 3 carucates of taxable land.
At the time of the survey, Rigton supported a recorded population of 9 villagers, 4 smallholders, 3 slaves, working 3 ploughs between them.
The survey records Rigton’s value at 2 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 Rigton (1086)
- Cattle: 16
- Sheep: 200
- Horses (cobs): 1
- Woodland: 100 acres
Other Settlements in Burghshire
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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