In 1086, the
Domesday Book shows that Stonton Wyville was part of the estates of
Hugh de Grandmesnil. Stonton was amongst a hundred manors that had been given to Hugh for his assistance in the
Norman conquest of England. "The same man holds of Hugh 6
carucates of land in Stonton Wyville. There is land for 4 ploughs. In demesne are 2 ploughs and 2 slaves and 15 villans with a priest and 2 bordars have 4 ploughs. There are two mills rendering 5s4d and of meadow, woodland 6 furlongs long and 4 furlongs broad. It was worth 40s now 60s". and Samuel Ashby. George Woolman died of his injuries on the same day. It appears from the inquest that 13 people had been gathered around a steam engine that was being used to power a small
threshing machine that they had hired from a Mr Butcher of Debdale Wharf. Stonton Wyville must have been much larger in the past. It is officially recognised as a "shrunken or
deserted medieval village". == References ==