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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 ...
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* {{OpenDomesday|OS=SP0791|name=perry|display=Perry}} which will render as: Perry in the Domesday Book; Perry in the Domesday Book; respectively. Optionally for use in references |accessdate= is available to add an access date. * {{OpenDomesday|SP0791|perry|Perry|accessdate=2 January 2012}} which will render as: Perry in the Domesday Book ...
The name "Domesday Book" came into use in the 12th century. [4] Richard FitzNeal wrote in the Dialogus de Scaccario (c. 1179) that the book was so called because its decisions were unalterable, like those of the Last Judgment, and its sentence could not be quashed. [5] The manuscript is held at
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.
Generate by script, or manually, an infobox for each Wikipedia page, with the Domesday statistics and image. Standardised external link template Done: {{OpenDomesday}} Transcribe Domesday Book scans on Latin Wikisource (e.g. la:s:Liber:Domesday Book Bedfordshire.djvu). Translate Latin text into English on English Wikisource.
The House of Montagu (/ ˈ m ɒ n t ə ɡ juː /, MON-tə-ghew), also known throughout history as Montagud, Montaigu, Montague, Montacute (Latin: de Monte Acuto, lit. 'from the sharp mountain'; French: Mont Aigu), is an English noble family founded in Somerset after the Norman Conquest of 1066 by the Norman warrior Drogo de Montagud [1] (so named in the Domesday Book).
Alspath (early spelling Ailespede) [1] is first recorded in the 1086 Domesday Book and was the ancient name of the original settlement in what is known today as the parish of Meriden, West Midlands (originally Warwickshire) situated between Birmingham and Coventry. The name means "Aelles path across the heath". [1] [2] [3] Alspath was held in ...