Domesday Book
Cheshire
Martin in the Domesday Book (1086)
YEAR: 1086
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HUNDRED: [West] Derby
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COUNTY: Cheshire
Martin is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of [West] Derby in Cheshire. The survey assessed Martin at 1 carucate of taxable land.
At the time of the survey, Martin supported a recorded population of 1 villager.
The survey records Martin’s value at 3d 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 Martin (1086)
- Woodland: 0.5 league * 40 perches mixed measures
Other Settlements in [West] Derby
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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