Wales in the Domesday Book (1086)
The settlement of Wales is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Strafforth in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Wales at 7.6 carucates of taxable land.
At the time of the survey, Wales supported a recorded population of 20 villagers, 40 smallholders, 2 slaves, 12 freemanmen, working 13 ploughs between them.
By 1086 Wales was worth 18 shillings, up from 14 shillings before the Conquest – a sign this community came through the Conquest without being ruined.
The survey lists 2 manors at Wales 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 Wales (1086)
- Mills: 1 mill
- Pigs: 2
- Sheep: 100
- Meadow: 2 acres
- Woodland: 3 acres
Other Settlements in Strafforth
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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