Somersal in the Domesday Book (1086)
The settlement of Somersal is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Appletree in Derbyshire. The survey assessed Somersal at 0.4 carucates of taxable land.
At the time of the survey, Somersal supported a recorded population of 2 smallholders, 1 slave, working 1 plough between them.
The survey records Somersal’s value at 7d in 1086. No pre-Conquest figure survives – not unusual in the North, where records were disrupted by the Harrying and by the patchy coverage of the survey.
Resources Recorded at Somersal (1086)
- Mills: 1 mill (valued at 5d)
- Pigs: 2
- Sheep: 15
- Meadow: 2 acres
Other Settlements in Appletree
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.
Found an inaccuracy? [email protected]