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Place: Ashmore

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  • Hundred: Cranborne
  • County: Dorset
  • Total population: 24 households (quite large).
  • Total tax assessed: 8 geld units (very large).
  • Taxable units: Taxable value 8 geld units.
  • Value: Value to lord in 1086 £15. Value to lord c. 1070 £15.
  • Households: 10 villagers. 6 smallholders. 8 slaves.
  • Ploughland: 7 ploughlands (land for). 3 lord's plough teams. 4 men's plough teams.
  • Other resources: 4.0 lord's lands. Meadow 10 acres. Pasture 10 * 1 furlongs. Woodland 2 * 1 leagues.
  • Livestock in 1086: 3 cobs. 10 cattle. 27 pigs. 826 sheep. 50 goats.
  • Lord in 1066: Brictric son of Algar.
  • Lord in 1086: King William.
  • Tenant-in-chief in 1086: King William.
  • Phillimore reference: 1,17

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