Domesday Book
Cheshire
Byley in the Domesday Book (1086)
YEAR: 1086
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HUNDRED: Middlewich
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COUNTY: Cheshire
The settlement of Byley is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Middlewich in Cheshire. The survey assessed Byley at 1 carucate of taxable land.
At the time of the survey, Byley supported a recorded population of 5 villagers, 11 smallholders, 1 slave, working 4 ploughs between them.
The survey puts Byley’s value at 4 shillings, the same as before the Conquest. Unchanged valuations are relatively rare in the North, where disruption was widespread.
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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