Domesday Book

Aston appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Warmundestrou in Cheshire. The survey assessed Aston at 1.2 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Aston supported a recorded population of 8 smallholders, 2 slaves, working 4 ploughs between them.

The numbers record a sharp fall. Before 1066, Aston was worth 2 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 1.5 shillings – a fall of 25%. 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.

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Aston juxta Mondrem in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Aston juxta Mondrem is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Warmundestrou in Cheshire.

Other Settlements in Warmundestrou

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Atlow in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Atlow, entered under the hundred of Hamston in Derbyshire.

At the time of the survey, Atlow supported a recorded population of 2 villagers, 8 smallholders, working 2 ploughs between them.

The survey records Atlow’s value at 1 shilling in 1086. No pre-Conquest figure survives – not unusual in the North, where records were disrupted by the Harrying and by the patchy coverage of the survey.

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Attercliffe in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Attercliffe, entered under the hundred of Strafforth in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Attercliffe at 80 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Attercliffe supported a recorded population of 48 villagers, 25 smallholders, working 38 ploughs between them.

By 1086 Attercliffe was worth 37.5 shillings, up from 12 shillings before the Conquest – which sets it apart from the many nearby villages left waste or devalued.

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