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Domesday Book was an item of great interest to the antiquarian movement of the 18th century. This was the age of the county history, with many accounts of the English shires being published at this time, and Domesday Book, as a property record of early date that happened to be arranged by county, was a major source for the medieval history of all the counties encompassed by the survey.
Domesday Book encompasses two independent works (originally in two physical volumes): "Little Domesday" (covering Norfolk, Suffolk, and Essex), and "Great Domesday" (covering much of the remainder of England – except for lands in the north that later became Westmorland, Cumberland, Northumberland, and the County Palatine of Durham – and parts of Wales bordering and included within English ...
Halnaker is mentioned in the Domesday Book under the Hundred of Boxgrove, Sussex, as having 44 households [2] in the lands belonging to Earl Roger. [3] The book which was written in 1086 said: The same William holds Halnaker of the Earl. Alweard held it TRE [4] and then as now it was assessed at nine hildes. There is land for five ploughs.
Add the folios of Domesday Book to Wikisource (currently on the Internet Archive). If possible, use Wikisource to crowdsource a freely available English translation of Domesday Book - this would be an immensely valuable resource, as there is currently no freely available translation, and entries based on statistics alone can be a little ...
Abraham Farley (c.1712–1791) was an English government official who was the custodian of Domesday Book.. Farley was appointed Deputy Chamberlain of the Exchequer in 1736 and became responsible for the public records held in the Chapter House of Westminster Abbey. [1]
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It is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Heltone, in Pirehill Hundred, when it was held by Robert of Stafford. [ 4 ] Henry de Aldithley (or Audley) endowed the Cistercian Abbey of St. Mary at Hulton, near the site of Heighley Castle in 1223, donating a large amount of land, some of which was an inheritance from his mother and some of ...