Charnage In Domesday

Land of the Bishop of Salisbury.

The Bishop holds Charnage.

Algar held it before 1066.

It paid tax for 5 hides.

Land for 3 ploughs.

Of this land 4 hides are in lordship; 2 ploughs there.

3 villagers, 6 smallholders and 2 cottagers with 1 and a half ploughs.

Meadow, 10 and a half acres, pasture 3 furlongs long and 2 furlongs wide.

Woodland 2 furlongs long and 1 furlong wide.

The value was 40 shillings but is now £4.

This is in exchange for Shipley. Hugh holds from the Bishop.

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