Opetone in the Domesday Book (1086)
Opetone is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Rushton in Cheshire. The survey assessed Opetone at 6 carucates of taxable land.
At the time of the survey, Opetone supported a recorded population of 25 villagers, 1 smallholder, 1 freeman, working 6 ploughs between them.
The survey puts Opetone’s value at 5d, the same as before the Conquest. Unchanged valuations are relatively rare in the North, where disruption was widespread.
The survey lists 2 manors at Opetone 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 Opetone (1086)
- Mills: 4 mills
- Churches: 1
- Meadow: 3 acres
Other Settlements in Rushton
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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