Domesday Book

Preston in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Preston, entered under the hundred of Amounderness in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Amounderness

Preston in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Preston, entered under the hundred of Holderness [Middle Hundred] in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Preston at 10 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Preston supported a recorded population of 5 villagers, 7 smallholders, 13 slaves, working 10 ploughs between them.

The survey records Preston’s value at 10 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.

Preston Patrick in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Preston Patrick is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Amounderness in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Preston Patrick at 6.8 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Preston Patrick supported a recorded population of 13 villagers, 10 smallholders, 6 slaves, working 8 ploughs between them.

The survey records Preston Patrick’s value at 6 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.

Preston Richard in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Preston Richard is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Amounderness in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Amounderness

Preston under Scar in the Domesday Book (1086)

Preston under Scar appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Land of Count Alan in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Land of Count Alan

Priest Hutton in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Priest Hutton, entered under the hundred of Amounderness in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Amounderness

Priestcliffe in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Priestcliffe, entered under the hundred of Blackwell in Derbyshire.

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Puddington in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Puddington is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Willaston in Cheshire. The survey assessed Puddington at 3.0 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Puddington supported a recorded population of 26 villagers, 7 smallholders, working 2 ploughs between them.

The survey lists 5 manors at Puddington 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.

Pudsey in the Domesday Book (1086)

Pudsey is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Morley in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Morley