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About 15% of the country was forested in 1086. Meadow and pasture: Used to graze animals, typically sheep. Mills: Water mills were the main source of power besides oxen: more than 6,000 are recorded in Domesday. Fisheries and salthouses: Important economic resources: the salt industry is the most fully documented industry in Domesday. Tax on ...
Dec 14, 2021 · Peterborough had 52 households in 1086: 37 villagers, eight smallholders and sevon slaves. Land included ploughland, meadow, and woodland and there was one mill in the settlement.
Jan 16, 2022 · It had a recorded population of just two households in 1086 - one smallholder and one slave - putting it in the smallest 20% of settlements recorded in Domesday.
Jun 30, 2024 · On the nearby manor of High Ercall there may have been as many as 2,100 sheep in the later 13th century. A particularly striking example of the sheep's dominance of the pastoral economy, at least in the southern uplands, is provided by an analysis of the vicar of Stokesay's income in 1252.
Nov 19, 2018 · Domesday Book was a comprehensive survey and record of all the landowners, property, tenants and serfs of medieval Norman England. It was compiled in 1086-7 under the orders of William the Conqueror (r. 1066-87). The record is unique in European history and is packed full of statistics and snippets which reveal details of life in medieval England.
- Mark Cartwright
The Domesday Survey 1086 After the Norman Invasion of 1066, William Duke of Normandy, was crowned King William I. Being the astute man that he was he commissioned a survey to be carried out of all the lands in England, for the purpose of gaining revenue in taxes. William sent out two groups of officials one after
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It shows how many Normans had moved to England to look after land for William. Land that was owned by about 2000 Saxons in 1066 was now controlled by 200 Normans.
