Domesday Book
Cheshire
Brereton in the Domesday Book (1086)
YEAR: 1086
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HUNDRED: Middlewich
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COUNTY: Cheshire
The settlement of Brereton is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Middlewich in Cheshire. The survey assessed Brereton at 2.5 carucates of taxable land.
At the time of the survey, Brereton supported a recorded population of 1 villager, 9 smallholders, 1 slave, working 2 ploughs between them.
By 1086 Brereton was worth 2 shillings, up from 1.5 shillings before the Conquest – a sign this community came through the Conquest without being ruined.
Resources Recorded at Brereton (1086)
- Meadow: 16 acres
- Woodland: 100 pigs
Other Settlements in Middlewich
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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