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Maps and site by Anna Powell-Smith. Domesday data created by Professor J.J.N. Palmer and team. The first online copy of Domesday Book of 1086: search for your town or village in Domesday Book, find population and tax records, and see the original Domesday folios free online.
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All places listed in Domesday Book. Open Domesday . by Anna...
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Map: England in 1086. Domesday Book was compiled in AD 1086...
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Map: England in 1086. Domesday Book was compiled in AD 1086 for William the Conqueror. It records the number of households, the economic resources, who owned the land, and the tax paid to the king, for almost every settlement in England. This map shows every place in Domesday that can still be located today. Learn more ».
The v1.1 update to Domesday Explorer can be downloaded from Google Drive: DomesdayExplorer1.1.zip. New features include: The search window now has a handy pane containing details of all the search codes, for quick reference. Bug fix: updating an existing search no longer crashes.
- What Is Domesday Book?
- Great Domesday, Little Domesday and The Areas Covered
- The Information Recorded in Domesday
- How The Original Domesday Book Is Arranged
- Accessing Domesday Online
- Citing References from Domesday
- Related Documents Held Elsewhere
- Further Reading
Domesday Book is a detailed survey and valuation of landed property in England at the end of the 11th century. The survey was ordered by William the Conqueror at Christmas 1085 and undertaken the following year. It records who held the land and how it was used, and also includes information on how this had changed since the Norman Conquest in 1066....
The survey does not cover London (city), Winchester, Northumberland and Durham or much of north-west England; the only parts of Wales included are certain border areas. Most of the returns were entered into Great Domesday. Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex are in a separate volume, known as Little Domesday because of its smaller size. Little Domesday seem...
The Domesday survey was carried out by commissioners holding sworn inquests in local courts, where they asked fixed questions of local men. For each property, each question was asked three times, to cover changes over time. The commissioners asked how land had been held: 1. as it had been on the last day of the reign of Edward the Confessor (5 Janu...
Both Great and Little Domesday are arranged by county, and within each county, by landholder. Each new landholder is given a number, written in red in roman numerals at the start of their entry. There is a table of contents at the beginning of each county, which lists the landholders with their numbers, starting with the king, but no index. However...
6.1 The Editions Alecto edition on The National Archives catalogue
Use the box below to search and download (charges apply) colour facsimiles of Domesday, published by Editions Alecto, from our catalogue. Search by name, modern place name, Domesday place name or folio number, using the formula ‘[your keyword] AND Domesday’. For example, search for ‘Elthorne AND Domesday’ or ‘Folio 254r AND Domesday’. Alternatively, using the same search criteria, try a slightly broader search from the homepage of our catalogue. You can download both a colour facsimile of the...
6.2 Open Domesday
Search for images of Domesday by town or postcode on Open Domesday.
6.3 The Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England database
Search the Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England(PASE) database. It provides structured information on individual landholders in Domesday, and can be manipulated to provide statistical and geographical information.
If you are citing entries in Domesday from our catalogue you will need to follow these steps: 1. Look up the relevant Domesday folio on our catalogue 2. From the search results page note the catalogue reference, the folio number and whether the entry appears on the front (recto – marked by an r) or back (verso – marked by a v) of the folio. For exa...
Some early drafts of the questions that were asked by the Domesday commissioners as well as some Domesday returns survive and are held in other archives and libraries. They are: 1. the Liber Exoniensis, covering Somerset, Cornwall and most of Devon, held in the library of Exeter Cathedral 2. the Inquisitio Eliensis, covering Ely Abbey estates, held...
There is an enormous amount of secondary material on Domesday, and the list below is not exhaustive. Some or all of the recommended publications below may be available to buy from The National Archives’ shop. Alternatively, search The National Archives’ Libraryto see what is available to consult at Kew. A J Camp, My Ancestors came with the Conquero...
Aug 9, 2010 · "PASE Domesday", which is released today, links information from the Domesday survey (1086) to maps showing the location of estates throughout England. It has been created by a team of researchers from the University of Cambridge and King's College, London, and can be visited for free at: https://domesday.pase.ac.uk:443/
The Domesday Book is an excellent source of information and shows what life was like in England after the Norman conquest. It details land ownership, jobs, what animals people owned and what...
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