Domesday Book survey

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The Domesday Book survey was an extensive 11th-century census and land survey of England that recorded property holdings, resources, and population for taxation and administrative purposes.

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf census ⓘ
historical document ⓘ
land survey ⓘ
taxation record ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Domesday survey ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction most of England ⓘ
chronology records conditions in 1066 ⓘ
records conditions in 1086 ⓘ
commissionedBy William I of England ⓘ
William the Conqueror ⓘ
compiledAs Great Domesday Book ⓘ
Little Domesday Book ⓘ
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
endTime 1086 ⓘ
excludes London ⓘ
linked to: London, England

Winchester ⓘ
parts of northern England ⓘ
language Latin ⓘ
legalStatus authoritative record for disputes over land ⓘ
location England ⓘ
mainSubject feudal obligations ⓘ
land tenure ⓘ
taxation ⓘ
method inquisitions held in shire courts ⓘ
royal commissioners visiting counties ⓘ
purpose administrative control ⓘ
assessment of taxable value of land ⓘ
recording property holdings ⓘ
recording resources and population ⓘ
records fisheries ⓘ
freemen ⓘ
landholders ⓘ
manors ⓘ
meadows ⓘ
mills ⓘ
pasture ⓘ
ploughlands ⓘ
slaves ⓘ
smallholders ⓘ
subtenants ⓘ
tenants-in-chief ⓘ
values of estates ⓘ
villagers ⓘ
woodland ⓘ
significance earliest surviving comprehensive survey of England ⓘ
key source for medieval English economic history ⓘ
key source for medieval English social history ⓘ
startTime 1085 ⓘ
timePeriod 11th century ⓘ

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Referenced by (34)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

William the Conqueror → ordered → Domesday Book survey ⓘ
Wantage → isMentionedIn → Domesday Book ⓘ
linked to: Domesday Book survey
Thatcham → mentionedIn → Domesday Book ⓘ
linked to: Domesday Book survey
Austerfield, Yorkshire, England → mentionedIn → Domesday Book ⓘ
linked to: Domesday Book survey
St Mary’s Church, Battersea, London → mentionedIn → Domesday Book ⓘ
linked to: Domesday Book survey
F. W. Maitland → notableWork → Domesday Book and Beyond ⓘ
linked to: Domesday Book survey
Norman Conquest of England → result → Domesday survey and Domesday Book ⓘ
linked to: Domesday Book survey
Domesday Book survey → compiledAs → Great Domesday Book ⓘ
linked to: Domesday Book survey
Domesday Book survey → compiledAs → Little Domesday Book ⓘ
linked to: Domesday Book survey
Domesday Book survey → alsoKnownAs → Domesday survey ⓘ
linked to: Domesday Book survey
Harrying of the North → describedIn → Domesday Book ⓘ
linked to: Domesday Book survey
Peveril Castle → mentionedIn → Domesday Book ⓘ
linked to: Domesday Book survey
Brighthelmstone → mentionedIn → Domesday Book ⓘ
linked to: Domesday Book survey
Peverel family → mentionedInSource → Domesday Book (through William Peverel) ⓘ
linked to: Domesday Book survey
Datchet → mentionedIn → Domesday Book ⓘ
linked to: Domesday Book survey
County of Richmond → recordedIn → Domesday Book area descriptions ⓘ
linked to: Domesday Book survey
Judith of Lens → landholdingsRecordedIn → Domesday Book ⓘ
linked to: Domesday Book survey
Baynard's Castle → mentionedIn → Domesday Book ⓘ
linked to: Domesday Book survey
Kelvedon → recordedIn → Domesday Book ⓘ
subject linked to: Kelvedon, Essex, England
linked to: Domesday Book survey
Norman England → hasSignificantEvent → Domesday survey ⓘ
linked to: Domesday Book survey
Norman England → hasMajorWork → Domesday Book ⓘ
linked to: Domesday Book survey
Odo of Bayeux → mentionedIn → Domesday Book ⓘ
linked to: Domesday Book survey
County of Mortain → englishLandsRecordedIn → Domesday Book ⓘ
linked to: Domesday Book survey
William II, Duke of Normandy → commissioned → Domesday Book ⓘ
subject linked to: Duke of Normandy William II
linked to: Domesday Book survey
Robert, Count of Mortain → landholdingsDocumentedIn → Domesday Book ⓘ
linked to: Domesday Book survey
Brighthampton → mentionedIn → Domesday Book ⓘ
linked to: Domesday Book survey
Robert D’Oyly the elder → mentionedIn → Domesday Book ⓘ
linked to: Domesday Book survey
Monks Risborough → mentionedIn → Domesday Book ⓘ
linked to: Domesday Book survey
Cambridge → foundedBefore → Domesday Book ⓘ
subject linked to: CAMBRIDGE
linked to: Domesday Book survey
Michael Wood → hasWrittenOn → the Domesday Book ⓘ
linked to: Domesday Book survey
Great Bedwyn → mentionedIn → Domesday Book ⓘ
linked to: Domesday Book survey
Richard Fitz Gilbert → mentionedIn → Domesday Book ⓘ
linked to: Domesday Book survey
Alan Rufus → landholdingsDocumentedIn → Domesday Book ⓘ
linked to: Domesday Book survey
medieval England → notableWork → Domesday Book ⓘ
linked to: Domesday Book survey