Romiley in the Domesday Book (1086)
Romiley appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Hamestan in Cheshire. The survey assessed Romiley at 5 carucates of taxable land.
At the time of the survey, Romiley supported a recorded population of 5 villagers, 10 smallholders, 4 slaves, working 5 ploughs between them.
The survey records Romiley’s value at 5 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.