Domesday Book
Yorkshire
Winterburn in the Domesday Book (1086)
YEAR: 1086
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HUNDRED: Craven
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COUNTY: Yorkshire
Winterburn is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Craven in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Winterburn at 3 carucates of taxable land.
At the time of the survey, Winterburn supported a recorded population of 3 villagers, 4 smallholders, 7 slaves, working 3 ploughs between them.
The survey puts Winterburn’s value at 2.5 shillings, the same as before the Conquest. Unchanged valuations are relatively rare in the North, where disruption was widespread.
Resources Recorded at Winterburn (1086)
- Meadow: 2 acres
Other Settlements in Craven
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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