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Tilstone Fearnall in the Domesday Book (1086)

YEAR: 1086 HUNDRED: Rushton COUNTY: Cheshire

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Tilstone Fearnall, entered under the hundred of Rushton in Cheshire. The survey assessed Tilstone Fearnall at 2 carucates of taxable land.

At the time of the survey, Tilstone Fearnall supported a recorded population of 4 villagers, 3 smallholders, 2 slaves, working 2 ploughs between them.

The survey puts Tilstone Fearnall’s value at 1 shilling, the same as before the Conquest. Unchanged valuations are relatively rare in the North, where disruption was widespread.

Resources Recorded at Tilstone Fearnall (1086)

  • Meadow: 2 acres

Other Settlements in Rushton

Location

53.1396°N, -2.6504°W · Rushton hundred, Cheshire

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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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