Cwybr Bach in the Domesday Book (1086)
The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Cwybr Bach, entered under the hundred of Ati’s Cross in Cheshire. The survey assessed Cwybr Bach at 28.2 carucates of taxable land.
At the time of the survey, Cwybr Bach supported a recorded population of 42 villagers, 48 smallholders, 41 freemanmen, working 45 ploughs between them.
The drop in value is hard to miss. Before 1066, Cwybr Bach was worth 28 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 17.5 shillings – a fall of 37%. 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.
The survey lists 3 manors at Cwybr Bach 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 Cwybr Bach (1086)
- Mills: 2 mills (valued at 1.6 shillings)
- Churches: 1
- Meadow: 4 acres
- Woodland: 1.5 * 1 leagues
Other Settlements in Ati’s Cross
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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