A place in Yorkshire with a history you can trace through the records: its entry in the 1086 Domesday Book, the archaeological finds and scheduled monuments around it, and the nearest Roman sites and battlefields. Everything below is drawn from the historical record.
In 1086, Garton on the Wolds was held by Beverley (St John), canons of.
When William the Conqueror's commissioners surveyed Garton on the Wolds in 1086, they recorded 4 manors held by Beverley (St John), canons of, Nigel (Fossard) and Count Robert of Mortain, under York (St Peter), archbishop of. Before the Conquest, in the time of King Edward, the land was held by Beverley (St John), canons of, Wulfgeat, Swein, Asulf, Muli, Orm, Sunulf and Thorkil.
The settlement was assessed at 28 hides for tax. There was land for 17 ploughs, with 4 plough teams at work (1 in the lord's demesne and 3 held by the villagers). The recorded population was 6 heads of household: 2 villagers and 4 freemen. These are heads of household, so the settlement's true population was several times larger. Garton on the Wolds was valued at 2.25 pounds before the Conquest; no 1086 value was recorded.
The Domesday Book was the great survey of England ordered by William the Conqueror in 1085 and completed in 1086, the oldest surviving public record in the country. How the survey worked →
Garton on the Wolds was one of the settlements recorded in Yorkshire in the 1086 survey. Yorkshire in the Domesday survey →
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Garton on the Wolds's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Nationally registered historic battlefields within 25 miles of Garton on the Wolds.
281 recorded finds have been logged within about 5 miles of Garton on the Wolds, reported by members of the public and entered in the national record of archaeological finds. They span these periods:
The bedrock beneath Garton on the Wolds is White Chalk Subgroup (Maastrichtian).
Aubrey's full report for this location includes every Domesday manor, the complete record of medieval lordship, archaeological context, and the story of how this settlement evolved from 1086 to the present day.