Domesday Book
Yorkshire
Selby in the Domesday Book (1086)
YEAR: 1086
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HUNDRED: Barkston
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COUNTY: Yorkshire
Selby appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Barkston in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Selby at 4.2 carucates of taxable land.
At the time of the survey, Selby supported a recorded population of 5 villagers, 2 slaves, working 2 ploughs between them.
The survey puts Selby’s value at 1 shilling, the same as before the Conquest. Unchanged valuations are relatively rare in the North, where disruption was widespread.
Resources Recorded at Selby (1086)
- Meadow: 100 acres
Other Settlements in Barkston
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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