George Thomas Orlando Bridgeman, The History of the Church and Manor of Wigan… (1888)
“ Lancashire, as a county, is not to be found in the Domesday Record, but the southern portion of it is surveyed under the title of "the land between the Ribble and the Mersey." This territory contained the hundreds of Derbei, Neutone, Walintune, Blachburne, Salford, and Lailand ”
George Thomas Orlando Bridgeman, The History of the Church and Manor of Wigan… (1888)
“ In the description of the great manor, or lordship, of Newton, given in Domesday, it is stated that in King Edward's time "the church of this manor had one carucate of land, and St. Oswald of this vill two carucates, exempt from all dues." "The church of this manor" was unquestionably the parish church of Wigan, while that of St. Oswald will have been that of Winwick. [1] A carucate, or plough land, signifies as much arable land as could be tilled throughout the year by one team of oxen. It is difficult to estimate the acreage of a carucate in any particular locality. ”
