The settlement of Aschebi is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Amounderness in Yorkshire.
Aschelesmersc appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Dic in Yorkshire.
The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Aschilesmares, entered under the hundred of Dic in Yorkshire.
The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Asebi, entered under the hundred of Land of Count Alan in Yorkshire.
Asenby appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Yarlestre in Yorkshire.
Ashbourne appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Hamston in Derbyshire.
Ashe appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Appletree in Derbyshire. The survey assessed Ashe at 3 carucates of taxable land.
At the time of the survey, Ashe supported a recorded population of 10 villagers, 5 smallholders, 3 slaves, working 8 ploughs between them.
The numbers record a sharp fall. Before 1066, Ashe was worth 6.5 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 3.25 shillings – a fall of 50%. 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.
The settlement of Ashford -in-the-Water is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Blackwell in Derbyshire. The survey assessed Ashford -in-the-Water at 4 carucates of taxable land.
At the time of the survey, Ashford -in-the-Water supported a recorded population of 6 villagers, working 7 ploughs between them.
The valuation dropped between 1066 and 1086. Before 1066, Ashford -in-the-Water was worth 3 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 2 shillings – a fall of 33%. 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.
Ashley appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Bucklow in Cheshire.
By 1086 Ashley was worth 40 shillings, up from 18 shillings before the Conquest – one of the few settlements in the area to hold its value through the upheaval.
The survey lists 8 manors at Ashley under different lords. Splitting a single settlement between multiple tenants was common across the North – Saxon estates broken up and handed to William’s followers after 1066.