Settrington in the Domesday Book (1086)
Settrington is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Scard in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Settrington at 8 carucates of taxable land.
At the time of the survey, Settrington supported a recorded population of 22 villagers, 18 smallholders, 3 slaves, working 16 ploughs between them.
Something went badly wrong here between the two surveys. Before 1066, Settrington was worth 16 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 13 shillings – a fall of 18%. Most Yorkshire villages that lost value on this scale were swept up in the Harrying of the North – William’s scorched-earth campaign of 1069–70.
Resources Recorded at Settrington (1086)
- Mills: 2 mills (valued at 1.25 shillings)
- Meadow: 25 acres
Other Settlements in Scard
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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