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An Extract From The Domesday Book For Mapperley (Maperlie)

The Domesday Book was commissioned in December 1085 by William the Conqueror, who invaded England in 1066. The first draft was completed in August 1086 and contained records for 13,418 settlements in the English counties south of the rivers Ribble and Tees (the border with Scotland at the time).

The original Domesday Book has survived over 900 years of English history and is currently housed in a specially made chest at The National Archives in Kew, London.

THIS IS AN EXTRACT FROM THE DOMESDAY BOOK FOR MAPPERLEY, DERBYSHIRE
FORMERLY KNOWN AS MAPERLIE

In MAPPERLEY Stapolwine had 4 bovates of land to the geld. [There is] land [..]. William Peverel has charge [of it] for the king. It is waste. There is half an acre of meadow, [and] woodland pasture 4 furlongs long and 4 broad. TRE it was worth 16s. In the same place is half a carucate of land of [this] SOKE, belonging to Henry's manor of Spondon. In TIBSHELF Ligulf had 3 carucates of land to the geld. [There is] land for 3 ploughs. William Peverel has charge [of it] for the king. There is now half a plough in demesne; and 9 villans have 2 ploughs. There is 1 acre of meadow, [and] woodland pasture 1 league long and 1 broad. TRE worth 40s; now 10s. Robert holds it. In WESTON-ON-TRENT with its Berewicks Earl Ælfgar had 10 carucates of land and 2½ bovates to the geld. [There is] land for as many ploughs. There are now 3 ploughs in demesne; and 24 villans and 6 bordars having...

TRANSLATIONS

Bovate bovata An eighth of a carucate. Used in Domesday like carucate for tax
purposes.

Geld; Tax Geldum Periodic tax, first raised for the Danish wars, at a number of pence per hide, carucate or sulung

TRE tempora regis Eduardis In the time of King Edward the Confessor; by
implication, when all in the realm was legally correct and ownership would have been rightfully secured.

Carucate carucata, carrucata Measurement of land in Danish counties, the equivalent of a hide. Used in Domesday for tax purposes

Hide hida120 acres, although this could vary, and sometimes was apparently
around 240 acres. Domesday hide values were not real measurements of land, but
figures on which tax (geld) was based (used in English areas, equivalent to a
carucate).

Villager villanus Member of the peasant class with most land.

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The Royal Charter

Henry III's Seal

• 1967 was the 700th anniversary of the granting of a Royal Charter.
• The Coal Board presented the village in 1966 the very last lump of coal to be mined in the parish. This was placed on The Old Black Horse car park.
• At 1/- (shilling) a time the public were invited to guess the weight.
• Six guessed correctly at 1 ton 19 cwts 56 lbs. Its actual size being 9ft high by 5ft wide and and 3" thick.
• The winner donated the coal to the pensioners of the village

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