Thirtleby in the Domesday Book (1086)
Thirtleby is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Holderness [Middle Hundred] in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Thirtleby at 87 carucates of taxable land.
At the time of the survey, Thirtleby supported a recorded population of 30 villagers, working 9 ploughs between them.
Something went badly wrong here between the two surveys. Before 1066, Thirtleby was worth 88 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 1.01 shillings – a fall of 98%. 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 Thirtleby (1086)
- Meadow: 0.5 * 0.5 leagues & 20 acres mixed measures
- Woodland: 16 * 4 leagues
Other Settlements in Holderness [Middle Hundred]
Location
53.7933°N, -0.2160°W · Holderness [Middle Hundred] hundred, Yorkshire
View larger map on OpenStreetMap →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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