Shuckstone in the Domesday Book (1086)
Shuckstone appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Morleystone in Derbyshire. The survey assessed Shuckstone at 5 carucates of taxable land.
At the time of the survey, Shuckstone supported a recorded population of 6 villagers, 1 smallholder, 5 slaves, working 6 ploughs between them.
The numbers record a sharp fall. Before 1066, Shuckstone was worth 6 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 5 shillings – a fall of 16%. 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 Shuckstone (1086)
- Meadow: 5 ploughs
Other Settlements in Morleystone
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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