Roby in the Domesday Book (1086)
The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Roby, entered under the hundred of [West] Derby in Cheshire. The survey assessed Roby at 9.5 carucates of taxable land.
At the time of the survey, Roby supported a recorded population of 42 villagers, 23 smallholders, working 11 ploughs between them.
The survey puts Roby’s value at 4 shillings, the same as before the Conquest. Unchanged valuations are relatively rare in the North, where disruption was widespread.
The survey lists 3 manors at Roby 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 Roby (1086)
- Salthouses: 27
- Meadow: 60 acres
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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