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Wilton in the Domesday Book (1086)

YEAR: 1086 HUNDRED: Langbaurgh COUNTY: Yorkshire

Wilton appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Langbaurgh in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Wilton at 10 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Wilton supported a recorded population of 4 villagers, 7 smallholders, 4 slaves, working 4 ploughs between them.

The survey records Wilton’s value at 6 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 Wilton (1086)

  • Mills: 1 mill (valued at 3d)
  • Meadow: 20 acres
  • Woodland: 9 acres

Other Settlements in Langbaurgh

Location

54.5672°N, -1.0951°W · Langbaurgh hundred, Yorkshire

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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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