Great and Little Cubley in the Domesday Book (1086)
The settlement of Great and Little Cubley is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Appletree in Derbyshire. The survey assessed Great and Little Cubley at 3.7 carucates of taxable land.
At the time of the survey, Great and Little Cubley supported a recorded population of 3 villagers, 16 smallholders, 14 freemanmen, working 9 ploughs between them.
By 1086 Great and Little Cubley was worth 3.8499999999999996 shillings, up from 2 shillings before the Conquest – a sign this community came through the Conquest without being ruined.
The survey lists 4 manors at Great and Little Cubley 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 Great and Little Cubley (1086)
- Churches: 1
- Cattle: 2
- Pigs: 10
- Sheep: 30
- Meadow: 1 acres
- Woodland: 40 None
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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