Wold Newton in the Domesday Book (1086)
Wold Newton is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Torbar in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Wold Newton at 8 carucates of taxable land.
At the time of the survey, Wold Newton supported a recorded population of 6 villagers, 1 smallholder, working 6 ploughs between them.
Something went badly wrong here between the two surveys. Before 1066, Wold Newton was worth 6 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 5.11 shillings – a fall of 14%. 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 Wold Newton (1086)
- Meadow: 6 ploughs
- Woodland: 100 pigs
Other Settlements in Torbar
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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