This map shows the outline of the Humber estuary in 1086AD created by plotting the domesday villages and making the assumption
that the area that has very few villages was actually sea in 1086.
The plotted data is an extract from the Open Domesday Book.
Many thanks to the works of Professor John Palmer, George Slater and opendomesday.org without whose contribution this site could not have been created.
As you can see the plot of the manors seems to coincide with our grey outline of the sea at 5 metres, the manors within Humber estuary would seem to be on
Islands.
Total Population(ex slaves) of the 1799 Domesday Villages in 1086AD shown is 42974
This would equate to a Fyrd(national service) of approximately 2578 soldiers.
Please Note that the estimate for the Fyrd is based on 6% of the
population(excluding Priests and Slaves) being eligible for military duties.
| Summary of Domesday information for this map |
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Population Overview |
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| Villagers | 19855 | |
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| Cottagers | 64 | Thegns |
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| Smallholders | 8759 | |
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| Slaves | 50 | |
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| Freemen | 13007 | Potential Fyrd |
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| Priests | 521 | |
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| Burgesses | 768 | Thegns |
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Occupation Overview |
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| Churches | 605 | |
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| Mills | 731 | |
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| Fisheries | 219 | |
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| Salthouses | 172 | |
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| Ploughs | 12224 | |
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Land Overview |
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| Plough Land | 21280 | acres |
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| Meadows | 68283 | acres |
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| Woodlands | 24085 | acres |
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Animals Overview |
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| No Animal details recorded in Domesday |
Valuation |
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| | AD1066 | AD1086 |
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| Value(geld) | | 15812 | 5827 |
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