Temple Normanton in the Domesday Book (1086)
The settlement of Temple Normanton is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of Scarsdale in Derbyshire. The survey assessed Temple Normanton at 15.2 carucates of taxable land.
At the time of the survey, Temple Normanton supported a recorded population of 9 villagers, 19 smallholders, 65 freemanmen, working 26 ploughs between them.
By 1086 Temple Normanton was worth 8 shillings, up from 6 shillings before the Conquest – a sign this community came through the Conquest without being ruined.
The survey lists 2 manors at Temple Normanton 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 Temple Normanton (1086)
- Mills: 1 mill (valued at 2d)
- Churches: 1
- Meadow: 120 acres
Other Settlements in Scarsdale
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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