Woodditton in the Domesday Book

A village in Cheveley hundred, in the county of Cambridgeshire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: William of Noyers (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 10 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £15 in 1066; £15 in 1070; £12 in 1086
  • Households: 7 villagers; 3 smallholders; 3 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 3 men's ploughs (16 plough lands)
  • Woodland: 300 pigs

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Edeva the fair
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Alan
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Wighen Delamere (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 5 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £7 in 1066; £14 in 1070; £10 in 1086
  • Households: 10 villagers; 8 smallholders; 4 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 4 lord's ploughs; 6 men's ploughs (10 plough lands)
  • Woodland: 150 pigs