Sudcniton in the Domesday Book (1086)
Sudcniton appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Acklam in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Sudcniton at 15.2 carucates of taxable land.
At the time of the survey, Sudcniton supported a recorded population of 6 villagers, 5 smallholders, 2 freemanmen, working 8 ploughs between them.
The numbers record a sharp fall. Before 1066, Sudcniton was worth 8 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 1.5 shillings – a fall of 81%. 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.
The survey lists 2 manors at Sudcniton 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 Sudcniton (1086)
- Churches: 1
- Woodland: 1 * 1 None
Other Settlements in Acklam
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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