Wheatley in the Domesday Book (1086)
Wheatley appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Amounderness in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Wheatley at 4 carucates of taxable land.
At the time of the survey, Wheatley supported a recorded population of 7 smallholders, 1 slave, working 2 ploughs between them.
The numbers record a sharp fall. Before 1066, Wheatley was worth 3.5 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 2 shillings – a fall of 42%. 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 Wheatley 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 Wheatley (1086)
- Meadow: 4 ploughs
- Woodland: 200 pigs
Other Settlements in Amounderness
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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