Fenton in the Domesday Book (1086)
Fenton is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Appletree in Derbyshire. The survey assessed Fenton at 6.5 carucates of taxable land.
At the time of the survey, Fenton supported a recorded population of 11 smallholders, 4 slaves, working 4 ploughs between them.
The survey records Fenton’s value at 6.5 shillings in 1086. No pre-Conquest figure survives – not unusual in the North, where records were disrupted by the Harrying and by the patchy coverage of the survey.
The survey lists 2 manors at Fenton 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 Fenton (1086)
- Pigs: 14
- Meadow: 15 acres
- Woodland: 3 * 2 furlongs
Other Settlements in Appletree
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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