Domesday Book 1086 - Wrockwardine Village, Telford, Shropshire
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This Historical Marker is located in the village of Wrockwardine, in Telford, Shropshire.
Waymark Code: WMNBJZ
Location: West Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 02/07/2015
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This Historical Marker is located in the village of Wrockwardine, in Telford, Shropshire. It was authorised by the National Domesday Committee, and commemorates the mention of the Wrockwardine Community in the Domesday Book of 1086.
The Domesday Book is a manuscript record of the "Great Survey" of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 by order of King William the Conqueror.
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle states:
While spending the Christmas time of 1085 in Gloucester, William had deep speech with his counsellors and sent men all over England to each shire to find out what or how much each landholder had in land and livestock and what it was worth.
It was written in Medieval Latin and was highly abbreviated and included some vernacular native terms without Latin equivalents.[3] The survey's main purpose was to determine what taxes had been owed during the reign of King Edward the Confessor.
The entry for Wrockwardine is as follows :
Hundred: Wrockwardine
County: Shropshire
Total population: 27 households (quite large).
Total tax assessed: 5 geld units (quite large).
Taxable units: Taxable value 5 geld units.
Value: Value to lord in 1066 £6.7. Value to lord in 1086 £12.8.
Households: 13 villagers. 4 smallholders. 1 priest. 9 other.
Ploughland: 18 ploughlands (ploughs possible). 5 lord's plough teams. 12 men's plough teams.
Other resources: Woodland 1 * 0.5 leagues. 1 mill, value 0.6. 1 church.
Lord in 1066: King Edward.
Lords in 1086: Earl Roger of Shrewsbury; Shrewsbury, St Peter, abbey of.
Tenant-in-chief in 1086: Earl Roger of Shrewsbury.
Phillimore reference: 4,1,1
Type of Historic Marker: Town Marker
Historical Marker Issuing Authority: National Domesday Committee
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