Conersley in the Domesday Book (1086)
Conersley appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Ruloe in Cheshire. The survey assessed Conersley at 5 carucates of taxable land.
At the time of the survey, Conersley supported a recorded population of 3 villagers, 4 smallholders, 2 slaves, working 6 ploughs between them.
The survey puts Conersley’s value at 2.5 shillings, the same as before the Conquest. Unchanged valuations are relatively rare in the North, where disruption was widespread.
The survey lists 2 manors at Conersley 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 Conersley (1086)
- Meadow: 2 None
Other Settlements in Ruloe
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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