Wilsill is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Burghshire in Yorkshire.
Wilsthorpe appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Hunthow in Yorkshire.
The settlement of Wilstrop Hall is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Ainsty in Yorkshire.
Wilton appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Dic in Yorkshire.
Wilton appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Langbaurgh in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Wilton at 10 carucates of taxable land.
At the time of the survey, Wilton supported a recorded population of 4 villagers, 7 smallholders, 4 slaves, working 4 ploughs between them.
The survey records Wilton’s value at 6 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.
The settlement of Wimbolds Trafford is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Ruloe in Cheshire.
The settlement of Wimboldsley is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Middlewich in Cheshire. The survey assessed Wimboldsley at 87 carucates of taxable land.
At the time of the survey, Wimboldsley supported a recorded population of 30 villagers, working 9 ploughs between them.
The valuation dropped between 1066 and 1086. Before 1066, Wimboldsley was worth 88 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 1.01 shillings – a fall of 98%. 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.
The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Wincham, entered under the hundred of Tunendune in Cheshire.
The settlement of Winestead is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Holderness [South Hundred] in Yorkshire.