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Domesday Book (/ ˈ d uː m z d eɪ / DOOMZ-day; the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book") is a manuscript record of the Great Survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 at the behest of King William the Conqueror. [1]
First page for Cheshire in the Domesday Book. The Domesday Book of 1086 AD identifies King William the Conqueror's tenants-in-chief in Cestrescire , following the Norman Conquest of England. [1] [2] At the time, the County of Cheshire included South Lancashire and most of modern Flintshire and Wrexham counties in north Wales. [3]
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.
The Domesday Book of 1086 AD lists (in the following order) King William the Conqueror's tenants-in-chief in Derbyscire , following the Norman Conquest of England: [1] [2] King William (c. 1028 - 1087), the first Norman King of England (after the Battle of Hastings in 1066 AD) and he was Duke of Normandy from 1035.
The Domesday Book of 1086 AD lists (in the following order) King William the Conqueror's tenants-in-chief in Snotinghscire (Nottinghamshire), following the Norman Conquest of England: [1] [2] King William (c. 1028 - 1087), the first Norman King of England (after the Battle of Hastings in 1066 AD) and he was Duke of Normandy from 1035.
South Lancashire (Inter Ripam et Mersam) in the Domesday Book. The Domesday Book of 1086 AD identifies King William the Conqueror's tenants-in-chief for historic Lancashire within Cestrescire and Eurvicscire . [1]
In 1086, William the Conqueror ordered the creation of the Domesday Book, a systematic survey of the kingdom of England. Over 100 settlements were classified as "borough" status and the number of houses or burgesses were counted. Nonetheless, it is not possible to know precisely the population of any borough because the residents per household ...
The Domesday Book of 1086 lists in the following order the tenants-in-chief in Devonshire of King William the Conqueror: Osbern FitzOsbern (died 1103), Bishop of Exeter; Geoffrey de Montbray (died 1093), Bishop of Coutances; Glastonbury Church, Somerset; Tavistock Church, Devon; Buckfast Church, Devon; Horton Church, Dorset; Cranborne Church ...