Thornton Hough in the Domesday Book (1086)
Thornton Hough appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Willaston in Cheshire. The survey assessed Thornton Hough at 2 carucates of taxable land.
Most significantly, Thornton Hough is recorded as waste in 1086 — land rendered uninhabitable and valueless. Before the Conquest, the settlement had been assessed at 13d; by 1086 that value had collapsed entirely. This pattern — prosperity before 1066, devastation by 1086 — is the unmistakable signature of the Harrying of the North, William I’s campaign of systematic destruction across Yorkshire in 1069–70.
Other Settlements in Willaston
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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