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Netherleigh in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Netherleigh, entered under the hundred of Chester in Cheshire. The survey assessed Netherleigh at 143 carucates of taxable land.

Most significantly, Netherleigh is recorded as waste in 1086 — land rendered uninhabitable and valueless. Before the Conquest, the settlement had been assessed at 82 shillings; by 1086 that value had collapsed entirely. This pattern — prosperity before 1066, devastation by 1086 — is the unmistakable signature of the Harrying of the North, William I’s campaign of systematic destruction across Yorkshire in 1069–70.

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Newbold and Upper Newbold in the Domesday Book (1086)

Newbold and Upper Newbold appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Scarsdale in Derbyshire. The survey assessed Newbold and Upper Newbold at 3 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Newbold and Upper Newbold supported a recorded population of 12 villagers, 2 smallholders, 8 slaves, working 5 ploughs between them.

The survey records Newbold and Upper Newbold’s value at 3 shillings 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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Newbold Astbury in the Domesday Book (1086)

Newbold Astbury appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Middlewich in Cheshire. The survey assessed Newbold Astbury at 0.2 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Newbold Astbury supported a recorded population of 2 villagers, working 1 plough between them.

The survey records Newbold Astbury’s value at 5d 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.