Shafton in the Domesday Book (1086)
Shafton is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Staincross in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Shafton at 1.6 carucates of taxable land.
At the time of the survey, Shafton supported a recorded population of 3 smallholders, 7 freemanmen, working 1 plough between them.
The survey records Shafton’s value at 1.02 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.
The survey lists 2 manors at Shafton under different lords. Splitting a single settlement between multiple tenants was common across the North – Saxon estates broken up and handed to William’s followers after 1066.
Resources Recorded at Shafton (1086)
- Mills: 3 mills
- Churches: 1
- Meadow: 5 None
- Woodland: 8 None
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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