Manchester in the Domesday Book (1086)
Manchester appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Salford in Cheshire. The survey assessed Manchester at 9 carucates of taxable land.
At the time of the survey, Manchester supported a recorded population of 22 villagers, 5 smallholders, 5 slaves, working 13 ploughs between them.
The numbers record a sharp fall. Before 1066, Manchester was worth 9 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 7 shillings – a fall of 22%. 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 Manchester (1086)
- Mills: 1 mill (valued at 5d)
- Meadow: 5 acres
Other Settlements in Salford
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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