Tilshead in the Domesday Book

A village in Dolesfield hundred, in the county of Wiltshire.

Five manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Alward Colling
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Alward Colling
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1086
  • Pasture: 1 furlong

• 2nd Manor

  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Aelfric Small
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Aelfric Small
  • Taxable Value: ⁵⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 7/4¾ in 1086

• 3rd Manor

  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Almer
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Almer
  • Taxable Value: ⁵⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1086

• 4th Manor

  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Alstan
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Alstan
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1086

• 5th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: King Edward
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £100 in 1066; £100 in 1086
  • Households: 34 villagers; 22 slaves; 66 burgesses; 10 freedmen; 32 other households
  • Plough Teams: 9 lord's ploughs; 18 men's ploughs (40 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 1 league
  • Woodland: 2 leagues
  • Pasture: 1 league
  • Mills: 9, value £2 12/4¾