Domesday Book
Cheshire
Ashley in the Domesday Book (1086)
YEAR: 1086
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HUNDRED: Bucklow
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COUNTY: Cheshire
Ashley appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Bucklow in Cheshire.
By 1086 Ashley was worth 40 shillings, up from 18 shillings before the Conquest – one of the few settlements in the area to hold its value through the upheaval.
The survey lists 8 manors at Ashley 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 Ashley (1086)
- Mills: 2 mills
- Churches: 3
Other Settlements in Bucklow
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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