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Selby in the Domesday Book (1086)

YEAR: 1086 HUNDRED: Barkston 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

Location

53.7850°N, -1.0665°W · Barkston hundred, Yorkshire

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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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