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Shipton in the Domesday Book (1086)

Shipton is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Bulford in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Shipton at 28.4 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Shipton supported a recorded population of 42 villagers, 5 smallholders, 6 freemanmen, working 15 ploughs between them.

Something went badly wrong here between the two surveys. Before 1066, Shipton was worth 56 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 10 shillings – a fall of 82%. 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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Shocklach in the Domesday Book (1086)

The settlement of Shocklach is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Duddeston in Cheshire. The survey assessed Shocklach at 4.7 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Shocklach supported a recorded population of 1 villager, 15 smallholders, 42 freemanmen, working 8 ploughs between them.

By 1086 Shocklach was worth 5.9 shillings, up from 3.75 shillings before the Conquest – a sign this community came through the Conquest without being ruined.

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