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Place: Askerswell
- Hundred: Eggardon
- County: Dorset
- Total population: 30 households (quite large).
- Total tax assessed: 3 geld units (medium).
- Taxable units: Taxable value 3 geld units. Payments of 0.75 rent.
- Value: Value to lord in 1086 £6. Value to lord c. 1070 £5.
- Households: 7 villagers. 17 smallholders. 4 slaves. 2 tributaries.
- Ploughland: 6 ploughlands (land for). 2 lord's plough teams. 4 men's plough teams.
- Other resources: 1.0 lord's lands. Meadow 9 acres. Pasture 15 * 2 furlongs. 2 mills, value 0.35.
- Livestock in 1086: 9 cattle. 13 pigs. 260 sheep.
- Lord in 1066: Tavistock St Mary & St Rumon, abbey of.
- Lord in 1086: Tavistock St Mary & St Rumon, abbey of.
- Tenant-in-chief in 1086: Tavistock St Mary & St Rumon, abbey of.
- Phillimore reference: 16,1