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Upton by Chester in the Domesday Book (1086)

Upton by Chester is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Willaston in Cheshire. The survey assessed Upton by Chester at 2.4 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Upton by Chester supported a recorded population of 13 villagers, 7 smallholders, 2 slaves, 31 freemanmen, working 18 ploughs between them.

Something went badly wrong here between the two surveys. Before 1066, Upton by Chester was worth 2.26 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 2 shillings – a fall of 11%. 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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Vlvritune in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Vlvritune, entered under the hundred of Morleystone in Derbyshire. The survey assessed Vlvritune at 2.5 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Vlvritune supported a recorded population of 11 villagers, 7 smallholders, working 3 ploughs between them.

The survey records Vlvritune’s value at 1.1 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.

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