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'''Domesday Book''' held at [[The National Archives]], is the record of the great survey of much of [[England]] and parts of [[Wales]] completed in 1086.
The '''Domesday Book''' (or, colloquially, '''Domesday''') is the expression used since the late twelfth century to refer to the record of the "Great Inquisition or Survey of the lands of England, their extent, value, ownership, and liabilities, made by order of William the Conqueror in 1086".<ref name="OED">"Domesday" in ''Oxford English Dictionary'' (2014 online edition, Oxford University Press) accessed 19 Jan 2014.</ref> Two volumes survive in [[The National Archives of the United Kingdom|The National Archives]]: "Great Domesday" covers parts of [[Wales Genealogy|Wales]] and most of modern [[England Genealogy|England]] except for northern areas then under control of the then [[Scotland|Kingdom of Scotland]] and "Little Domesday" which covers in more detail [[Essex, England Genealogy|Essex]], [[Suffolk, England Genealogy|Suffolk]] and [[Norfolk, England Genealogy|Norfolk]].<ref name="ODMA">William H. Smith, "Domesday Book" in Robert E. Bjork (ed.) ''The Oxford Dictionary of the Middle Ages'', (2010, Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780198662624) published online 2010, eISBN: 9780199574834 www.oxfordreference.com accessed 19 Jan 2014.</ref><br>[[Image:Domesday Book.jpg|right|200px|Domesday Book.jpg]]<br>The word '''Domesday''' is a Middle English spelling of doomsday, a day of judgment.<ref name="OED" /><br>
[[File:Domesday Book.jpg|right|200px]]
The survey was executed for William I of England (William the Conqueror): "While spending the Christmas of 1085 in [[Gloucester, Gloucestershire|Gloucester]], William had deep speech with his counsellors and sent men all over England to each shire to find out what or how much each landholder had in land and livestock, and what it was worth" ([[Anglo-Saxon Chronicle]]).


;Website: [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/domesday/ www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/domesday/]
The survey was executed for William I of England (William the Conqueror): "While spending the Christmas of 1085 in Gloucester, William had deep speech with his counsellors and sent men all over England to each shire to find out what or how much each landholder had in land and livestock, and what it was worth" (Anglo-Saxon Chronicle).  
* [http://domesdaymap.co.uk/ Open Domesday] - The first free online copy of Domesday Book
== Detailed Look into the Domesday Book ==


[[File:Doomsday Book - Counties of England - 1086.png|frame|[[England Counties|Counties of England]] in the year 1086, as documented in the [[Domesday Book]], after the Norman Conquest. The English counties of [[Northumberland]], [[Durham]], [[Cumberland]] and [[Westmoreland]] in the far North had not yet been conquered and were a de facto no mans land.]]
== Websites  ==
*[http://www.domesdaybook.co.uk/ Doomsday Book Online website]
*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/domesday/ National Archives, England]  


{{England-stub}}
Digital Versions of Domesday Book:<br>
{{Wales-stub}}
*[https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/13655 FamilySearch]
*[https://opendomesday.org/ Open Domesday] - First free online copy of Domesday Book


[[Category:England]]
[[Image:Doomsday Book - Counties of England - 1086.png|right|Doomsday Book - Counties of England - 1086.png]]
[[Category:Wales]]
 
== References  ==
 
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[[Category:Wales Land and Property]] [[Category:England_Land_and_Property]]

Latest revision as of 10:19, 20 October 2023

The Domesday Book (or, colloquially, Domesday) is the expression used since the late twelfth century to refer to the record of the "Great Inquisition or Survey of the lands of England, their extent, value, ownership, and liabilities, made by order of William the Conqueror in 1086".[1] Two volumes survive in The National Archives: "Great Domesday" covers parts of Wales and most of modern England except for northern areas then under control of the then Kingdom of Scotland and "Little Domesday" which covers in more detail Essex, Suffolk and Norfolk.[2]

Domesday Book.jpg


The word Domesday is a Middle English spelling of doomsday, a day of judgment.[1]

The survey was executed for William I of England (William the Conqueror): "While spending the Christmas of 1085 in Gloucester, William had deep speech with his counsellors and sent men all over England to each shire to find out what or how much each landholder had in land and livestock, and what it was worth" (Anglo-Saxon Chronicle).

Detailed Look into the Domesday Book[edit | edit source]

Websites[edit | edit source]

Digital Versions of Domesday Book:

Doomsday Book - Counties of England - 1086.png

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Domesday" in Oxford English Dictionary (2014 online edition, Oxford University Press) accessed 19 Jan 2014.
  2. ↑ William H. Smith, "Domesday Book" in Robert E. Bjork (ed.) The Oxford Dictionary of the Middle Ages, (2010, Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780198662624) published online 2010, eISBN: 9780199574834 www.oxfordreference.com accessed 19 Jan 2014.


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