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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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historical document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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William the Conqueror ordered Domesday Book survey
Wantage isMentionedIn Domesday Book
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Thatcham mentionedIn Domesday Book
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Austerfield, Yorkshire, England mentionedIn Domesday Book
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St Mary’s Church, Battersea, London mentionedIn Domesday Book
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F. W. Maitland notableWork Domesday Book and Beyond
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Norman Conquest of England result Domesday survey and Domesday Book
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Domesday Book survey compiledAs Great Domesday Book
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Domesday Book survey compiledAs Little Domesday Book
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Domesday Book survey alsoKnownAs Domesday survey
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Harrying of the North describedIn Domesday Book
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Peveril Castle mentionedIn Domesday Book
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Brighthelmstone mentionedIn Domesday Book
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Peverel family mentionedInSource Domesday Book (through William Peverel)
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Datchet mentionedIn Domesday Book
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County of Richmond recordedIn Domesday Book area descriptions
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Judith of Lens landholdingsRecordedIn Domesday Book
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Baynard's Castle mentionedIn Domesday Book
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Kelvedon recordedIn Domesday Book
subject linked to: Kelvedon, Essex, England
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Norman England hasSignificantEvent Domesday survey
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Norman England hasMajorWork Domesday Book
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