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Tilstone Fearnall in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Tilstone Fearnall, entered under the hundred of Rushton in Cheshire. The survey assessed Tilstone Fearnall at 2 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Tilstone Fearnall supported a recorded population of 4 villagers, 3 smallholders, 2 slaves, working 2 ploughs between them.

The survey puts Tilstone Fearnall’s value at 1 shilling, the same as before the Conquest. Unchanged valuations are relatively rare in the North, where disruption was widespread.

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Tintwistle in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Tintwistle, entered under the hundred of Hamestan in Cheshire.

At the time of the survey, Tintwistle supported a recorded population of 5 villagers, 3 smallholders, working 2 ploughs between them.

By 1086 Tintwistle was worth 10d, up from 0d before the Conquest – which sets it apart from the many nearby villages left waste or devalued.

The survey lists 2 manors at Tintwistle 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.

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Tittenley in the Domesday Book (1086)

Tittenley appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Warmundestrou in SHR. The survey assessed Tittenley at 0.2 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Tittenley supported a recorded population of 6 villagers, 4 smallholders, 2 slaves, working 6 ploughs between them.

The survey records Tittenley’s value at 2 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.