Boughton in the Domesday Book (1086)
Boughton appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Duddeston in Cheshire. The survey assessed Boughton at 5 carucates of taxable land.
At the time of the survey, Boughton supported a recorded population of 1 villager, 9 smallholders, working 3 ploughs between them.
The numbers record a sharp fall. Before 1066, Boughton was worth 8 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 6 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.
Resources Recorded at Boughton (1086)
- Churches: 1
- Meadow: 60 acres
Other Settlements in Duddeston
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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