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Witton in the Domesday Book (1086)

Witton is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Middlewich in Cheshire. The survey assessed Witton at 2 carucates of taxable land.

The survey records Witton’s value at 1 shilling 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.

Resources Recorded at Witton (1086)

  • Mills: 1 mill (valued at 2d)

Other Settlements in Middlewich

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Wold Newton in the Domesday Book (1086)

Wold Newton is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Torbar in Yorkshire. The survey assessed Wold Newton at 8 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Wold Newton supported a recorded population of 6 villagers, 1 smallholder, working 6 ploughs between them.

Something went badly wrong here between the two surveys. Before 1066, Wold Newton was worth 6 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 5.11 shillings – a fall of 14%. 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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