Domesday Book
Derbyshire
Langley in the Domesday Book (1086)
YEAR: 1086
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HUNDRED: Morleystone
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COUNTY: Derbyshire
The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Langley, entered under the hundred of Morleystone in Derbyshire. The survey assessed Langley at 2.2 carucates of taxable land.
At the time of the survey, Langley supported a recorded population of 6 smallholders, 1 slave, working 1 plough between them.
The survey puts Langley’s value at 1.5 shillings, the same as before the Conquest. Unchanged valuations are relatively rare in the North, where disruption was widespread.
Resources Recorded at Langley (1086)
- Mills: 1 mill (valued at 2d)
- Meadow: 20 acres
Other Settlements in Morleystone
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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