Wirswall in the Domesday Book (1086)
The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Wirswall, entered under the hundred of Warmundestrou in Cheshire. The survey assessed Wirswall at 6 carucates of taxable land.
At the time of the survey, Wirswall supported a recorded population of 7 villagers, 5 smallholders, working 6 ploughs between them.
The drop in value is hard to miss. Before 1066, Wirswall was worth 2 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 1 shilling – a fall of 50%. 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 Wirswall (1086)
- Woodland: 1.5 leagues
Other Settlements in Warmundestrou
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]