Whicham in the Domesday Book (1086)
The settlement of Whicham is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Amounderness in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Whicham at 4 carucates of taxable land.
At the time of the survey, Whicham supported a recorded population of 4 villagers, working 2 ploughs between them.
The survey puts Whicham’s value at 1 shilling, the same as before the Conquest. Unchanged valuations are relatively rare in the North, where disruption was widespread.
The survey lists 2 manors at Whicham 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 Whicham (1086)
- Meadow: 2 acres
- Woodland: 5 * 4 None
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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