Wavertree in the Domesday Book (1086)
The settlement of Wavertree is recorded in William I’s Domesday survey of 1086, entered under the hundred of [West] Derby in Cheshire. The survey assessed Wavertree at 5 carucates of taxable land.
At the time of the survey, Wavertree supported a recorded population of 9 villagers, 2 smallholders, 4 slaves, working 4 ploughs between them.
The valuation dropped between 1066 and 1086. Before 1066, Wavertree was worth 2 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 1.5 shillings – a fall of 25%. Most Yorkshire villages that lost value on this scale were swept up in the Harrying of the North – William’s scorched-earth campaign of 1069–70.
Resources Recorded at Wavertree (1086)
- Mills: 1 mill (valued at 4d)
Other Settlements in [West] Derby
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]