The type of plough referred to would probably need 8 oxen to pull it. In Welford there was land for 24 ploughs of which 5 were in demesne, meaning land devoted to the Abbey's profit worked by the peasants as part of their obligation. There were probably other workers not mentioned, i.e. millers, tradespeple clergy etc., making up to say 100 people. These were all men, so double up for women and again for children we get a population of around 400 to 450 living in Welford in the early part of the 11th century. Two churches are mentioned, one at Welford and one at Wickham.
Pigs are very fond of eating acorns from the woodland oaks.
A hide was the amount of land necessary to sustain a peasant household. Sometimes reckoned to be 120 acres, but in fact the hide varied according to locality, date and government needs. Thegn - a nobleman below the rank of earl. Local or estate owners with at least 5 hides of land and a house. Richer ones had grand halls behind large defences.