Sturton Grange in the Domesday Book (1086)
The settlement of Sturton Grange is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Skyrack in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Sturton Grange at 1 carucate of taxable land.
At the time of the survey, Sturton Grange supported a recorded population of 17 villagers, 1 smallholder, working 4 ploughs between them.
The valuation dropped between 1066 and 1086. Before 1066, Sturton Grange was worth 1.5 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 1 shilling – a fall of 33%. 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 Sturton Grange (1086)
- Meadow: 3 acres
- Woodland: 1 * 1 furlongs
Other Settlements in Skyrack
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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