Newton in the Domesday Book (1086)
The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Newton, entered under the hundred of Middlewich in Cheshire. The survey assessed Newton at 5 carucates of taxable land.
At the time of the survey, Newton supported a recorded population of 2 villagers, 1 smallholder, working 2 ploughs between them.
The drop in value is hard to miss. Before 1066, Newton was worth 1.5 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 1.05 shillings – a fall of 29%. 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 Newton (1086)
- Mills: 1 mill (valued at 8d)
Other Settlements in Middlewich
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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