Norman forces systematically burned the West Riding of Yorkshire during the Harrying, destroying settlements from Leeds and Wakefield northward. Domesday Book entries for the West Riding record vast tracts of wasted land eighteen years later, with hundreds of manors listed as completely without value. The burning of the West Riding cut the main route between Yorkshire and Lancashire and eliminated the agricultural capacity of the most densely populated part of northern England.
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