Nackington in the Domesday Book

A village in Canterbury hundred, in the county of Kent.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Archbishop of Canterbury Christ Church
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Archbishop of Canterbury Christ Church; Alfred Bicga
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Archbishop of Canterbury
  • Lords of the Manor in 1086: Vitalis (subinfeudated); Haimo the sheriff (subinfeudated); Godfrey the steward (subinfeudated); Archbishop of Canterbury; Aethelwold the chamberlain (subinfeudated); Alward (subinfeudated); Robert of Hardres (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 7 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £24 12/4¾ in 1066; £24 12/4¾ in 1070; £56 in 1086
  • Households: 25 villagers; 114 smallholders; 1 slave; 25 burgesses
  • Plough Teams: 11 ¹⁄₂ lord's ploughs; 18 men's ploughs (20 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 134 acres
  • Woodland: 60 swine render
  • Churches: 1
  • Mills: 17, value £5

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Burgesses of Canterbury
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Haimo the sheriff (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £3 in 1070; £3 in 1086
  • Households: 2 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough (1 ¹⁄₂ plough lands)
  • Woodland: 12 acres