Domesday Book
Derbyshire
Eckington in the Domesday Book (1086)
YEAR: 1086
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HUNDRED: Scarsdale
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COUNTY: Derbyshire
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WASTE
Eckington appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Scarsdale in Derbyshire. The survey assessed Eckington at 16 carucates of taxable land.
The survey lists 2 manors at Eckington 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.
Other Settlements in Scarsdale
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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