Puddington in the Domesday Book (1086)
The settlement of Puddington is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Willaston in Cheshire. The survey assessed Puddington at 3.0 carucates of taxable land.
At the time of the survey, Puddington supported a recorded population of 26 villagers, 7 smallholders, working 2 ploughs between them.
The survey lists 5 manors at Puddington 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 Puddington (1086)
- Fisheries: 17
- Meadow: 12 acres
- Woodland: 60 acres
Other Settlements in Willaston
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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