Sudbury in the Domesday Book (1086)
Sudbury is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Appletree in Derbyshire. The survey assessed Sudbury at 1 carucate of taxable land.
At the time of the survey, Sudbury supported a recorded population of 16 villagers, 5 slaves, working 7 ploughs between them.
The survey records Sudbury’s value at 5 shillings 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 Sudbury (1086)
- Cattle: 7
- Pigs: 4
- Sheep: 64
- Horses (cobs): 1
- Meadow: 1 acres
- Woodland: 12 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.
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