Wensleydale was depopulated during the Harrying with such completeness that it remained sparsely settled for decades afterward, as testified by the later monastic charters that described themselves as settling empty land.
William I: c. 1,500–2,000 troops. Wensleydale settlements: unarmed populations.
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