Ashe in the Domesday Book (1086)
Ashe appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Appletree in Derbyshire. The survey assessed Ashe at 3 carucates of taxable land.
At the time of the survey, Ashe supported a recorded population of 10 villagers, 5 smallholders, 3 slaves, working 8 ploughs between them.
The numbers record a sharp fall. Before 1066, Ashe was worth 6.5 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 3.25 shillings – a fall of 50%. 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 survey lists 2 manors at Ashe 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.
Resources Recorded at Ashe (1086)
- Meadow: 8 ploughs
Other Settlements in Appletree
Data derived from the Open Domesday project (opendomesday.org), based on the Domesday Book dataset compiled by Professor J.J.N. Palmer and team. The Domesday Book (1086) is in the public domain.
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