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British History

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.