West Carlton in the Domesday Book (1086)
West Carlton 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 West Carlton at 15 carucates of taxable land.
At the time of the survey, West Carlton supported a recorded population of 10 villagers, 8 smallholders, working 7 ploughs between them.
Something went badly wrong here between the two surveys. Before 1066, West Carlton was worth 15 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 10 shillings – a fall of 33%. 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 West Carlton (1086)
- Mills: 2 mills (valued at 8d)
- Woodland: 1000 pigs
Other Settlements in Holderness [Middle Hundred]
Location
53.8283°N, -0.1538°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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