Wath upon Dearne in the Domesday Book (1086)
Wath upon Dearne is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Strafforth in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Wath upon Dearne at 2.8 carucates of taxable land.
At the time of the survey, Wath upon Dearne supported a recorded population of 3 villagers, working 1 plough between them.
The survey records Wath upon Dearne’s value at 5d 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.
Resources Recorded at Wath upon Dearne (1086)
- Cattle: 15
- Pigs: 6
- Sheep: 110
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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