Somerford Booths in the Domesday Book (1086)
The settlement of Somerford Booths is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Hamestan in Cheshire. The survey assessed Somerford Booths at 10 carucates of taxable land.
At the time of the survey, Somerford Booths supported a recorded population of 8 villagers, 6 slaves, working 8 ploughs between them.
The valuation dropped between 1066 and 1086. Before 1066, Somerford Booths was worth 8 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 5 shillings – a fall of 37%. 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.
Other Settlements in Hamestan
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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