Chilmark In The Domesday Book

1086

Land of the Church of Wilton.

Before 1066 it paid tax for 20 hides.

Land for 14 ploughs.

Of this land there are 8 hides in lordship; 2 ploughs there.

15 villagers, 12 smallholders and 12 freedmen with 12 ploughs.

A mill which pays 10 shillings.

Meadow 5 acres. Bramble thicket 10 acres.

Pasture 1 league long and half a league wide.

The value was £14 but is now £15.

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