Marston Montgomery? in the Domesday Book (1086)
Marston Montgomery? is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Appletree in Derbyshire. The survey assessed Marston Montgomery? at 11 carucates of taxable land.
At the time of the survey, Marston Montgomery? supported a recorded population of 6 villagers, 4 slaves, working 16 ploughs between them.
The survey records Marston Montgomery?’s value at 10 shillings 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 Marston Montgomery? (1086)
- Meadow: 26 acres
- Woodland: 1 * 1 leagues & 3 * 2 furlongs mixed measures
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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