On the Open Domesday Book On the Open Domesday project holds images of the 1086 Domesday records with several entries for the East Worlington Parish area: Blagrove, Adworthy, East & West Worlington, Pedley, Ruston and Assescote.

Domesday Households in East Worlington Parish

Domesday Entries

Blagrove

Owned by William of Poilley.

Households: 8 villagers and 4 smallholders.

Resources: 6 ploughlands. 1 lord’s plough teams. 1 men’s plough teams, 0.06 lord’s lands, meadow 12 acres, pasture 60 acres.

Livestock: 1 cob. 27 cattle. 40 sheep. 15 goats.

Valued at 1 pound 5 shillings.

Adworthy

Owned by Ralph of Pomeroy.

Households: 1 slave.

Resources: 0.5 ploughlands. 0.5 lord’s plough teams, meadow 2 acres.

Valued at 2 shillings and 5 pence.

[East and West] Worlington (Coutances)

Owned by: Bishop Geoffrey of Coutances.

Households: 7 villagers. 1 slave.

Resources: 3 ploughlands. 1 lord’s plough teams. 1.5 men’s plough teams, 0.12 lord’s lands, meadow 4 acres, pasture 10 acres, woodland 6 acres.

Valued at 7 shillings and 5 pence.

[East and West] Worlington (Falaise)

Owned by: William of Falaise

Households: 2 villagers.

Resources: 1 ploughland. 1 men’s plough teams, meadow 2 acres, woodland 0.5 acres.

Valued at 10 shillings.

[East and West] Worlington (Odo)

Owned by: Odo son of Gamalin

Households: 12 villagers. 3 smallholders. 1 slave.

Resources: 9.5 ploughlands. 2 lord’s plough teams. 1.5 men’s plough teams, 0.28 lord’s lands, meadow 12 acres, pasture 30 acres, woodland 5 acres, 27 cattle. 3 pigs. 45 sheep.

Valued at 2 pounds 2 shillings and 5 pence.