Domesday Book
Yorkshire
Royston in the Domesday Book (1086)
YEAR: 1086
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HUNDRED: Staincross
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COUNTY: Yorkshire
The settlement of Royston is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Staincross in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Royston at 20 carucates of taxable land.
At the time of the survey, Royston supported a recorded population of 13 villagers, 9 smallholders, 7 slaves, working 8 ploughs between them.
The survey puts Royston’s value at 10 shillings, the same as before the Conquest. Unchanged valuations are relatively rare in the North, where disruption was widespread.
Resources Recorded at Royston (1086)
- Fisheries: 2
- Meadow: 148 acres
Other Settlements in Staincross
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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