Chisworth and Higher Chisworth in the Domesday Book (1086)
The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Chisworth and Higher Chisworth, entered under the hundred of Blackwell in Derbyshire. The survey assessed Chisworth and Higher Chisworth at 5.9 carucates of taxable land.
At the time of the survey, Chisworth and Higher Chisworth supported a recorded population of 6 villagers, 25 smallholders, 4 slaves, 38 freemanmen, working 13 ploughs between them.
By 1086 Chisworth and Higher Chisworth was worth 4.63 shillings, up from 3.5 shillings before the Conquest – which sets it apart from the many nearby villages left waste or devalued.
The survey lists 2 manors at Chisworth and Higher Chisworth 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 Chisworth and Higher Chisworth (1086)
- Mills: 2 mills
- Churches: 1
- Cattle: 4
- Sheep: 160
- Meadow: 17 acres
- Woodland: 15 pigs
Other Settlements in Blackwell
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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