Lea in the Domesday Book (1086)
Lea is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Willaston in Cheshire. The survey assessed Lea at 10 carucates of taxable land.
At the time of the survey, Lea supported a recorded population of 7 villagers, 5 smallholders, 5 slaves, working 8 ploughs between them.
Something went badly wrong here between the two surveys. Before 1066, Lea was worth 12 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 6 shillings – a fall of 50%. Most Yorkshire villages that lost value on this scale were swept up in the Harrying of the North – William’s scorched-earth campaign of 1069–70.
Resources Recorded at Lea (1086)
- Mills: 2 mills (valued at 1 shilling)
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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