Domesday Book
Cheshire
Ollerton in the Domesday Book (1086)
YEAR: 1086
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HUNDRED: Bucklow
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COUNTY: Cheshire
Ollerton appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Bucklow in Cheshire. The survey assessed Ollerton at 4.5 carucates of taxable land.
At the time of the survey, Ollerton supported a recorded population of 8 smallholders, 15 freemanmen, working 4 ploughs between them.
The survey lists 2 manors at Ollerton under different lords. Splitting a single settlement between multiple tenants was common across the North – Saxon estates broken up and handed to William’s followers after 1066.
Resources Recorded at Ollerton (1086)
- Woodland: 6 pigs
Other Settlements in Bucklow
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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