Chespuic in the Domesday Book (1086)
The settlement of Chespuic is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Exestan in Cheshire.
The settlement of Chespuic is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Exestan in Cheshire.
Chester appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Chester in Cheshire. The survey assessed Chester at 0.5 carucates of taxable land.
At the time of the survey, Chester supported a recorded population of 1 smallholder, 4 slaves, working 1 plough between them.
The numbers record a sharp fall. Before 1066, Chester was worth 2 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 1.5 shillings – a fall of 25%. 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.
Chesterfield is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Scarsdale in Derbyshire.
The settlement of Chetelestorp is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Hessle in Yorkshire.
The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Chetelstorp, entered under the hundred of Pocklington in Yorkshire.
The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Chevet, entered under the hundred of Staincross in Yorkshire.
The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Chigogemers, entered under the hundred of Dic in Yorkshire.
The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Chigomersc, entered under the hundred of Dic in Yorkshire.
Chilcote appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Goscote in LEC.