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Domesday Book Derbyshire

Draycott in the Domesday Book (1086)

YEAR: 1086 HUNDRED: Morleystone COUNTY: Derbyshire

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Draycott, entered under the hundred of Morleystone in Derbyshire. The survey assessed Draycott at 20 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Draycott supported a recorded population of 19 villagers, 13 smallholders, 2 slaves, working 20 ploughs between them.

By 1086 Draycott was worth 50 shillings, up from 18 shillings before the Conquest – which sets it apart from the many nearby villages left waste or devalued.

Resources Recorded at Draycott (1086)

  • Mills: 1 mill (valued at 10d)
  • Meadow: 20 ploughs
  • Woodland: 200 pigs;in Forest

Other Settlements in Morleystone

Location

52.8968°N, -1.3384°W · Morleystone hundred, Derbyshire

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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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