This detailed record of England was called the Domesday Book. It gives historians a great ... had been was revealed in a survey, conducted in 1086. With the constant threat of rebellion, he ...

That hindsight knows that William died in 1086, and that the compilation of the Domesday Book was therefore the culminating act of his reign. The sheer scale of it is huge: at least 62,000 ...

The Domesday Book has been published online for the first time, and you can check out what Preston was like all the way back in 1086. Open Domesday, set up […] ...

At the time of the Domesday Book in 1086, the village of Burton Lazars was just known as Burtone, but between 1138 and 1162, ...

Nyetimber’s heritage dates back far beyond the modern arrival of fine English sparkling wine, with the estate itself mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086, which once belonged to the King of England, ...

The first reference to the area of Watford was made in the Domesday book of 1086 which refers to the Manor Of Cashio, though the records do not specifically mention Watford. Evidence in The Domesday ...

An Essex area has been praised for it's "quintessentially English" atmosphere and wonderful community feel. The Essex town of ...

The event is derived from the annual tax paid to the lord of the manor, and features in the Domesday Book of 1086. Now, supporters put 46p in the hollowed out base of an Anglo-Saxon cross.

It was known as Cildeuuelle in the huge Domesday Book survey of 1086, becoming “Childewalle” in 1212. Croxteth comes from the Old Norse word “Croc” and Old English “staep” - meaning ...

Stokesley is a small market town and Great Ayton is a village situated in North Yorkshire and lie on the River Leven with parts thought to be recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086. Stokesley ...