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 […] ...

which together formed the Domesday Book. Little Domesday, which was probably written down first, is the work of around six scribes. Great Domesday was written by one scribe and checked by a second.

Here's how 19 different areas of Liverpool got their names. This list is not intended to be comprehensive, but see how many ...

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 ...

Faversham market has been mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 and its organisers believe it was running before then. On Sunday a special Millennium Market will take place incorporating market ...

A 10-bedroom country manor, Folkington Manor, near Polgate in East Sussex, with a "superb private party barn," is on the market ...

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.

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 ...