Wawne in the Domesday Book (1086)
Wawne appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Holderness [Middle Hundred] in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Wawne at 10 carucates of taxable land.
At the time of the survey, Wawne supported a recorded population of 10 villagers, 8 smallholders, 3 slaves, working 8 ploughs between them.
The numbers record a sharp fall. Before 1066, Wawne was worth 10 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 6.5 shillings – a fall of 35%. 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 Wawne 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 Wawne (1086)
- Fisheries: 4
- Meadow: 20 acres
- Woodland: 70 swine render
Other Settlements in Holderness [Middle Hundred]
Location
53.8130°N, -0.3367°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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