Weaverthorpe in the Domesday Book (1086)
The settlement of Weaverthorpe is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Toreshou in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Weaverthorpe at 3.2 carucates of taxable land.
At the time of the survey, Weaverthorpe supported a recorded population of 10 villagers, 6 smallholders, 8 slaves, working 8 ploughs between them.
The survey records Weaverthorpe’s value at 6.25 shillings 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 Weaverthorpe (1086)
- Mills: 1 mill (valued at 7d)
- Cattle: 11
- Pigs: 36
- Sheep: 212
- Horses (cobs): 1
- Meadow: 6 acres
Other Settlements in Toreshou
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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