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The Domesday Book ( 1086 ) confirms the population of Fawsley as around 50, but the Knightley family of Fawsley Hall developed the sheep farming at the expense of their peasant tenants, who were all evicted by the turn of the 15th century.
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Cheddar was listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Ceder, meaning " Shear Water ", from the Old English scear and Celtic dwr.
The Domesday Book was undertaken in 1086 by William I of England so that he could properly tax the land he had recently conquered in medieval Europe.
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Emsworth was not mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086.
To make this system of royal criminal justice more effective, Henry employed the method of inquest used by William the Conqueror in the Domesday Book.
William ordered the compilation of the Domesday Book, a survey of the entire population and their lands and property for tax purposes, which reveals that within twenty years of the conquest the English ruling class had been almost entirely dispossessed and replaced by Norman landholders, who also monopolised all senior positions in the government and the Church.
That " New Burgh " was founded in 1069, and is mentioned in the Domesday Book as such.
Hastings was shown as a borough by the time of the Domesday Book ( 1086 ); it had also given its name to the Rape of Hastings, one of the six administrative divisions of Sussex.
Hastings, it is thought, was a Saxon town before the arrival of the Normans: the Domesday Book refers to a new Borough: as a borough, Hastings had a corporation consisting of a " bailiff, jurats, and commonalty ".
Salt production was an industry on the island from the 11th century ( the Domesday Book records a saltpan on the island for this purpose ) until the late 19th century.
Around 500 people lived in the town in 1086 ( at the time of the Domesday Book ).
Hatfield is mentioned in the Domesday Book as the property of the Abbey of Ely, and unusually, the original census data which compilers of Domesday used still survives, giving us slightly more information than got into the final Domesday record.
The Domesday Book recorded the county as having nine hundreds.
The king granted to this son of his the feudal barony of Bradninch, Devon, which had escheated to the crown from William Capra, listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as holding that barony.
Historians in the " Whiggish " tradition, focusing on documents such as the Domesday Book and Magna Carta, trace a progressive and universalist course of political and economic development in England over the medieval period.
Domesday and 1086
Its existence was first recorded in 1086 in the Domesday Book.
Before the Norman invasion in 1066, the parish of Higher Mutley was owned by a man Alwin of Tamerton, and Lower Mutley by another man called Goodwin, but at the time of the Domesday Book ( 1086 ) both were owned by Odo, whose feudal overlord was Juhel of Totnes.
Likewise, The Nags Head, Burntwood only dates back to the 16th century, but there has been a pub on the site since at least 1086, as it is mentioned in the Domesday Book.
In Domesday ( 1086 ) the city of York was divided into shires.
At the time of the Domesday Book, compiled in 1086, nearly 10 % of the English population were slaves.
In the extreme south of the Lizard was the royal manor of Winnianton which was held by King William I at the time of Domesday Book ( 1086 ) and was also the head manor of the hundred of Kerrier.
A cognate name also existed in Old English ( Anglo-Saxon ), in the name of the village Woolland in Dorset, England: this was written " Winlande " in the 1086 Domesday Book, and it is interpreted as ' meadow land ' or ' pasture land '.
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* 1086: compilation of the Domesday Book by order of William I of England ; it was similar to a modern day government census, as it was used by William to thoroughly document all the landholdings within the kingdom that could be properly taxed.
* 1086 – The Domesday Book is initiated by William I of England.
* 1274 – The first main survey of the Hundred Rolls, an English census seen as a follow up to the Domesday Book completed in 1086, is begun ; it lasts until 1275.
* 1279 – The second of two main surveys of the Hundred Rolls, an English census seen as a follow up to the Domesday Book completed in 1086, is begun ; it lasts until 1280.
* 1280 – The second of two main surveys of the Hundred Rolls, an English census seen as a follow up to the Domesday Book completed in 1086, is completed ; it began in 1279.
This allowed for the creation of a monastery or minstre in the area, and the earliest written form of the name Kidderminster ( Chedeminstre ) was not seen until it appeared in the Domesday Book of 1086.
* The first main survey of the Hundred Rolls, an English census seen as a follow up to the Domesday Book completed in 1086, is finished ; it began in 1274.
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Domesday and confirms
Whilst St Matthew's Church is not mentioned in the Domesday book ( 1086 ), a charter of 1154 – 9 confirms the gift of the church of Pentrich to the cannons of Darley Abbey.
Domesday and population
Wells was listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Welle, from the Old English wiells, which was not listed as a town, but included four manors with a population of 132, which implies a population of 500 – 600.
Crayford is mentioned in the Domesday Book as having a church and three mills, and a population of 27 villagers and 2 smallholders.
The Domesday Book of 1085 lists Wallingford as one of only 18 towns in the kingdom with a population of over 2, 000 people.
The town is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Elesham and Ailesham, with a population of about 1, 000.
Lacock is mentioned in the Domesday book, with a population of 160 – 190 ; with two mills and a vineyard.
The first reference to Barnsley occurs in 1086 in the Domesday Book, in which it is called ' Berneslai ' and has a population of around 200.
At some time before the Domesday Survey Taunton had become a borough with very considerable privileges, and a population of around 1, 500 and 64 burgesses, governed by a portreeve appointed by the bishops.
The Domesday Book listed Chippenham as Cepen, with a population of 600 – 700 people in 1086.
The first direct evidence of a settlement dates from 1086 and the Domesday Book, with a reference to Cherchebi – population 70.
The Domesday Book states that there were 50 huts in Otergimele, housing a population of 200.
At the time of the Domesday Book ( 1086 ) Andover had 107 male inhabitants and probably had a total population of about 500.
When the Domesday Book was compiled, Chichester consisted of 300 dwellings which held a population of 1, 500 people.
At the time of the Domesday book the town had a population of around 120 inhabitants.
In the Domesday Book of 1087, the population of Brightlingsea ( or Brictesceseia ) was given as 24 villagers, 26 smallholders and 5 slaves.
By the time of the Domesday book ( 1086 AD ), it had a population of around 450.
Ogley Hay itself had existed since at least the 11th century and is mentioned in the Domesday Book, although the 1801 census lists it as having a population of only 8 people.
During the BBC Domesday Project in 1986 it was recorded that Cramlington's population was around 30, 000.
Although the Sutton Common Iron Age site officially falls within its parish, little is known about Norton until it was recorded in the Domesday Survey of 1086 when it probably had a population of 100 who were solely concerned with agriculture.
By the time of the Norman invasion in 1086, Sittingbourne was not recorded as part of the Domesday book, merely a note attached to Milton with a population of 309.
Shepperton in the Domesday Book of 1086 was recorded by the Norman conquerors as Scepertone, had a population of 100 and was held by Westminster Abbey ; ( excluding any wood, marsh and heath ) having 8 hides, 7 Carucates, pasture for 7 carucates, 1 weir worth 6s 8d and in total rendering £ 6.
The Domesday Book of 1086 shows that the village then had a population of about 250.
The Domesday Book of 1086 recorded the village population as 350, a figure which stayed relatively stable until the beginning of the 20th century when the population began to quickly increase to the current total.
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