These are the sources and citations used to research domesday book. It is also the starting point for most local historians researching the history of their area. To the left are copies of the entries and translations for the four manors that currently make up the borough of woking, with the translation of the disputed entry for woking. In fact there are two domesday books little domesday and great domesday, which together contain a great deal of information about england in the 11th century. Little domesday covering norfolk, suffolk, and essex and great domesday covering much of the remainder of england and parts of wales except for lands in the north which later became westmorland, cumberland, northumberland, and the county palatine of durham. The world of domesday exhibition depicts life in 11th century england. 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. Domesday book, compiled in 1086 at the behest of william the conqueror, has been described as the most valuable piece of antiquity possessed by any nation david hume and viewed by historians as the final act of the norman conquest. Domesday book, the original record or summary of william is survey of england. The only thing missing, i think, are quality reproductions of the actual pages themselves to read alongside the translations, but im sure there are other books which do this and the domesday book itself is now online. Domesday book is our oldest and most famous public record.
Surreys largest town and a prominent shopping, office and cultural centre. What are some examples of questions asked in the domesday. These pages give an overview of the domesday inquest, great domesday, and the purpose, structure, and terminology of domesday book, with references for further study. Find out how to search for your town or village, and how to access images of domesday along with an english translation, using our research guide. At this time woking comprised 33 villagers, 9 smallholders with 20 ploughs and a church held by osbern also included was a meadow, 32 acres and woodland at 3 pigs. The following pages include domesday placenames and landowners, and beneath some are links to websites containing the local history of that place. While this is mainly true, the domesday now has a mystical. The record was compiled in 10861087, a mere twenty years after the norman conquest, at the order of william the conqueror. The survey was similar to a census by a government of today. Little domesday book and all the major satellite texts record detailed information about the demesne livestock, though not about the undoubtedly greater number of animals belonging to. On this page are an extracts of the 1087 domesday book as far as they are relevant to the stokeontrent area of north staffordshire. The domesday book s information was collected by surveyors going around door to door asking the people to answer the questions or be killed.
Mar 30, 2008 here is the entry for cottingham use this to make up your own entry. The first volume great domesday contains the final summarized record of all the counties surveyed except essex, norfolk, and suffolk. The various inquiries instituted during the middle ages, such as the domesday book and the breviary of charlemagne, were so far on the roman model that they took little or no account of the population, the feudal system probably rendering information regarding it unnecessary for the purposes of taxa. Chichester, 19741992 the english translations for the great domesday counties, together with images of the latin text, are available in searchable form on cd, known as domesday explorer, published by phillimore and co. Domesday book, or simply domesday, the record of the great survey of england executed for william the conqueror. Of the principle six towns of the city only burslem and fenton are in existence at the time. This edition employs the unique numbering system of the phillimore edition where each separate entry or block of text is numbered. The domesday book, our earliest public record, is a unique survey of the value and ownership of lands and resources in late 11th century england. Harvey states in her paper domesday book and anglonorman governance, many of the nearcontemporary texts have suffered because all have been turned into domesday satellites. This bibliography was generated on cite this for me on tuesday, march 1, 2016. To find an entry within it consult the phillimore volume for the relevant county or the composite indexes of persons, subjects and places or the place index in domesday book. The domesday book was commissioned in december 1085 by william the conqueror, who invaded england in 1066. Smsw 3 a statistical perspective on surreys early medieval coin corpus. Domesday book is a manuscript record of the great survey of much of england and parts of wales completed in 1086 by order of king william the conqueror.
Domesday book domesday doomsday, judgment day received its name in the 12th century, for it was regarded as the ultimate authority, the last word on matters of property. Based on extensive and wideranging research, the two volumes contain over eight thousand entries on persons occurring in the principal english administrative sources for the postconquest period domesday book, the pipe rolls, and cartae baronum. Domesday is now available online, and you can search for your town or village, and download images of domesday along with an english translation of the entry. Domesday is a most remarkable and valuable record, created in 10851086 by order of william the conqueror, so that he might fully know and understand the nation he. Servus, translated as slave in the phillimore edition, is sometimes rendered as serf. The record of landownership is far from complete, but it is clear that dartford was a thriving agricultural community in norman times. Tr introduction the first approach to a modern assessment roll or cataster is the well known. Its description there is complex, since it was then held as three estates, by king william the conqueror, walter fitzother, constable of windsor castle, and ansgot and godfrey from osbern fitzosbern, then bishop of exeter. There is evidence of a roman settlement to the east of old woking. There were 151 places in the county of surrey in domesday book. The domesday book entry for tarentfort dartford provides a snapshot view of dartford in 1086. This is an entry for dunwich, suffolk, in the domesday book. Domesday survey both in print and online, so i do not want to waste too much time and space on the when, why, what and hows of it here. Now available in one volume, here is the complete, authoritative translation from the original latin, together with an index of places and a glossary of terms used.
By contemporaries the whole operation was known as the description of england, but the popular name domesdayi. The national archives is the home of domesday book, the oldest surviving public record. The domesday book recorded who owned the land the landowners as well as the size of the land that they owned. The name domesday book was not adopted until the late 12th century.
Uploaded by the open domesday project, released under ccbysa by professor john palmer and george slater. The entries in the domesday book were listed in order by landowner. The term is given greater precision in the phillimore edition, where each entry is assigned a unique reference. There were 18 places in the hundred of woking in domesday book. Woking appears in the domesday book of 1086 as wochinges. It had a recorded population of 175 households in 1086, putting it in the largest 20% of settlements recorded in domesday, and is listed under 7 owners in domesday book. Then sent he his men over all england into each shire. Domesday due as tax is probably only one third to one tenth of the actual number wokings woodland being valued at 3 pigs i.
Domesday explorer the text has been tagged with over 500,000 codes, and a powerful search engine lets you easily find entries of interest, map them, display the facsimile and the. The church itself holds in stoke hundred cottingham. When you read through the records contained in the domesday book, you run across a great many terms which may be confusing, such as bordars, geld, hundreds, and so on. Entry is the term generally used by historians to refer to separate a domesday holding.
Apart from the oxen who pulled the plough teams and the pigs used as measure woodland, livestock is mentioned only infrequently in great domesday. If you have a local history site that you would like to be included on these pages please get in touch via the contact page. At over 900 years old, domesday is the earliest surviving public record and the foundation document of the national archives. While spending the christmas time of 1085 in gloucester, william had deep speech with his counsellors and sent men all over england to each shire to find. You can also access the discover domesday exhibition, explaining why domesday. War memorial for both world wars at st peter s church in old woking surrey england the church is a grade 1 listed building. Domesday definition and meaning collins english dictionary. Archaeology, charters, domesday book, history, merton, salt, sarf, sherf leave a comment. The medieval period and beyond, in surrey and beyond. In the domesday book it appears as wochinges, being held in 1086 by king william the conqueror, walter fitzother, constable of windsor castle, and ansgot and godfrey from osbern fitzosbern, then bishop of exeter.
There is one confirmed entry for woking in the domesday book undertaken in 1086. Domesday due as tax is probably only one third to one tenth of the actual number woking s woodland being valued at 3 pigs i. The land was vexed with much violence arising from the collection of royal taxes during the process. After the norman invasion and conquest of england in 1066, the domesday book was commissioned in december 1085 by order of william the conqueror. Domesday book 1086 the middle ages encompass one of the most exciting periods in english history. William needed information about the country he had just conquered so he could administer it. Domesday book simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The value of woking s woodland is further increased when you look at the entry for osbern, bishop of exeters manor thought to be at horsley although listed in domesday as. Domesday book also known as domesday, or book of winchester was the record of the great survey of england completed in 1086, executed for william the conqueror. Domesday book is the collective term for these two volumes. Domesday book was an item of great interest to the antiquarian movement of the 18th century.
Based on the domesday survey of 10856, which was drawn up on the orders of king william i, it describes in remarkable detail, the landholdings and resources of late 11thcentury england, demonstrating the power of the government machine in the first century of the new millennium, and its deep thirst for information. The listing is certainly wideranging, but it has only a little in common with the original domesday book, which was ordered by william i in 1085 to assess the wealth of england for possible taxation purposes. All entry numbers cited in this edition are those defined by the phillimore translation. Domesday book is the name given to the record of the great survey of england made by order of william the conqueror in 108586. Guildford was a settlement in domesday book, in the hundred of woking and the county of surrey. Search for your town or village in domesday book, find population and tax records, and see the original domesday folios free online. The commissioners also gathered details of the livestock held by each landholder, but this was not included in the final domesday volumes. The value of wokings woodland is further increased when you look at the entry for osbern, bishop of exeters manor thought to be at horsley although listed in domesday as. It recorded how much of the land was used for farming, how much was woodlands and even recorded whether there were fish ponds on the land. This is the first of two volumes offering for the first time an authoritative and complete prosopography of postconquest england, 10661166. Woking was a settlement in domesday book, in the hundred of woking and the county of surrey. Domesday book history bibliographies cite this for me. The bbc domesday project was a partnership between acorn computers, philips, logica and the bbc with some funding from the european commissions esprit programme to mark the 900th anniversary of the original domesday book, an 11thcentury census of england.
We learn from the english chronicle that the scheme of this survey was discussed and determined in the christmas assembly of 1085, and from the colophon of domesday book that the survey descriptio was completed in 1086. The domesday book stands out in comparison to all other sources from this time. This is not, however, because the information was unavailable. Domesday book is the oldest government record held in the national archives. John the baptist, founded in the 10th century, was rebuilt in the 19th. It is thought that one of these was the later manor of papworth, or papercourt the other being the manor of dedsworth. Every entry in domesday book supplies that information. The domesday book is the record of the great survey of much of england, and parts of wales, completed in 1086, done for william i of england, or william the conqueror the domesday book also known as domesday, or book of winchester was a record of all taxable land in england, together with such information as would indicate its worth.
Our vision is to lead and transform information management, guarantee the survival of todays information for tomorrow and bring history to life for everyone. The placenames found in the domesday book are township and estate names, and may include other villages and hamlets that receive no specific mention in the text. The first draft was completed in august 1086 and contained records for,418 settlements in the english counties south of the rivers ribble and tees the border with scotland at the time. William needed to raise taxes to pay for his army and so a survey was set in motion to assess the wealth and and assets of his subjects throughout the land. Baptismal font at st peter s church old woking surrey presented by rev c w arnold may 22 1881 a grade 1 listed building within. Detail from domesday book, list forming part of first page of kings holdings. Domesday book is one of the most famous documents in english historyand arguably in world history. One of the most important historical events of the medieval era is the domesday book. Guildford was a settlement in domesday book, in the hundred of woking and the county of surrey it had a recorded population of 175 households in 1086, putting it in the largest 20% of settlements recorded in domesday, and is listed under 7 owners in domesday book. The existing literature on this remarkable memorial is so extensive, that it has not appeared advisable to quote largely from it. Create a fictional english town name, remember to make it sound anglosaxon with a ton at the end eg. It had a recorded population of 71 households in 1086, putting it in the largest 20% of settlements recorded in domesday, and is listed under 2 owners in domesday book. Media in category domesday book the following 38 files are in this category, out of 38 total. Though woking s earliest written appearance is in the domesday book, it is mentioned as the site of a monastery in an 8thcentury context, as wochingas.
Domesday book extracts makes available over 8,500 fascinating extracts featuring the actual page entry for your town, a translation and glossary. Domesday book great domesday the national archives. Domesday book home the domesday book one of the most valuable records of the uks past history. At this time woking comprised 33 villagers, 9 smallholders with 20 ploughs and a church held by osbern also included was a meadow, 32 acres and. Slaves formed the fourth largest group among the peasantry, over 10% of the recorded population and significantly higher than this if allowance is made for their almost complete omission from the counties of circuit 6. Commissioned by william the conqueror in the year 1085 and finished in 1086, the book is a superb example of thorough and speedy administration, unequaled by any other project undertaken during the middle ages. The domesday book offers great insight into life at the time of the norman conquest.
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