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Eccleston in the Domesday Book (1086)

Eccleston is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Duddeston in Cheshire. The survey assessed Eccleston at 4 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Eccleston supported a recorded population of 41 villagers, 30 smallholders, 20 slaves, working 35 ploughs between them.

The survey records Eccleston’s value at 107 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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Eckington in the Domesday Book (1086)

Eckington appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Scarsdale in Derbyshire. The survey assessed Eckington at 16 carucates of taxable land.

The survey lists 2 manors at Eckington 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.

Other Settlements in Scarsdale

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Edale in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Edale, entered under the hundred of Blackwell in Derbyshire.

At the time of the survey, Edale supported a recorded population of 27 smallholders.

By 1086 Edale was worth 20 shillings, up from 10 shillings before the Conquest – which sets it apart from the many nearby villages left waste or devalued.

Resources Recorded at Edale (1086)

  • Mills: 2 mills
  • Salthouses: 2

Other Settlements in Blackwell

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