Great Caldy in the Domesday Book (1086)
Great Caldy is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Willaston in Cheshire. The survey assessed Great Caldy at 0.3 carucates of taxable land.
At the time of the survey, Great Caldy supported a recorded population of 3 villagers, 1 smallholder, 3 slaves, working 2 ploughs between them.
The survey records Great Caldy’s value at 10d 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.
Resources Recorded at Great Caldy (1086)
- Cattle: 4
- Sheep: 24
- Meadow: 20 acres
- Woodland: 1 acres
Other Settlements in Willaston
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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