Domesday book entry for wokings

The record of landownership is far from complete, but it is clear that dartford was a thriving agricultural community in norman times. It had a recorded population of 71 households in 1086, putting. Guildford was a settlement in domesday book, in the hundred of woking and the county of surrey. Reviewed in the united states on february 25, 2019. See all 3 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. The domesday book was commissioned in december 1085 by william the conqueror, who invaded england in 1066. Rename this file and keep as a backup, then place the downloaded version in the domesday explorer directory. For a while, it seemed that domesday was dead and had passed into history.

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. In 1965, a revised town plan foresaw a population of. The uks 2nd domesday book the return of the owners of. For these three counties the full, unabbreviated return sent in to winchester by the commissioners is preserved in the second volume little domesday, which. The domesday book stands out in comparison to all other sources from this time. Little domesday covering norfolk, suffolk, and essex, and great domesday covering much of the remainder of england except for lands in the north that later became westmorland, cumberland, northumberland, and the county palatine of durham and parts of wales bordering, and included within. Domesday book the critical image paperback march 16, 2000 by peter kennard author 5. It provides a picture of a land which was in transition from a tributary to a truly manorial society and as such preserves the vestiges of a much earlier society as well as the seeds of future change. Domesday book encompasses two independent works in, originally, two physical volumes.

Bbc two the story of britain, the domesday book animation. There were 151 places in the county of surrey in domesday book. The screen is divided into two main panes, the left for browsing, the right for viewing. Domesday book extracts makes available over 8,500 fascinating extracts featuring the actual page entry for your town, a translation and glossary.

A ploughland terra carucis or carucata was the area that could be ploughed by eight oxen in a year. 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. 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. Of the various classes under which domesday book groups the rural population.

May 20, 2014 1085 and the compilation of the domesday book. The anglosaxon chronicle states while spending the christmas time of 1085 in gloucester, william had deep speech with his counsellors and. There is evidence of a roman settlement to the east of old woking. The land was vexed with much violence arising from the collection of royal taxes during the process. I am honored to be here looking at the newest issue. The national archives is the home of domesday book, the oldest surviving public record. 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. Uploaded by the open domesday project, released under ccbysa by professor john palmer and george slater. Assuming fifty working weeks in a year and six working days a week 300 workdays a year, our erstwhile laborer must earn just under 9sp per. Of the principle six towns of the city only burslem and fenton are in existence at the time. Sep 17, 2011 datasets around the domesday book 1086.

Issue v page 4 the adding up these costs, we get 266gpyear as minimum subsistence wages. Secondly, such records largely ignore the workings of the peasant land. England, the workings of the institutions of shire and hundred cannot be. 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. Faced with the threat of foreign invasion, king william wants to know how much tax he can raise, so. Create a fictional english town name, remember to make it sound anglosaxon with a ton at the end eg. William needed information about the country he had just conquered so he could administer it. 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. Domesday book simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. We are long overdue for a similar work to document life on the planet earth. Domesday definition and meaning collins english dictionary. Pronunciation of domesday book with 3 audio pronunciations, 3 synonyms, 1 meaning, 5 translations, 6 sentences and more for domesday book. Depicts domesday book as the written evidence of a potentially insecure conquest successfully transforming itself, by a combination of administrative insight and military might, into a permanent establishment. Whitford wisley witley woking woldingham woodmansterne worplesdon wotton.

Domesday book home the domesday book one of the most valuable records of the uks past history. Domesday book 1086 day of reckoning solar navigator. The domesday book was a survey designed to record everything that people owned in england. As noted above, individual people and places frequently appear in more than one domesday entry.

Resources for scholars, students and anyone interested in domesday book. Domesday book interpreting domesday the national archives. Arable land was recorded in different units, including. The domesday book is actually not one book but two. 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. The domesday book online frequently asked questions. The world of domesday exhibition depicts life in 11th century england. 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. 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. 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 existing literature on this remarkable memorial is so extensive, that it has not appeared advisable to quote largely from it. Toolbars and menus provide alternative ways of browsing, navigating and searching. Woking was a settlement in domesday book, in the hundred of woking and the county of surrey. 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 book, or, the great survey of england of william the conqueror a. In 1994 woking football club won the fa trophy, winning it again in 1995 and 1997. Entry for the royal manor of earley herlei, near reading in berskhire. Domesday was not for this span of time to pass between issues.

By contemporaries the whole operation was known as the description of england, but the popular name domesday i. The uks 2nd domesday book the return of the owners of land 1872 251120 george 7 comments report on the occasion of the first facsimile reproduction of the 2nd domesday of the united kingdom and the presentation of the 4 volumes to the president of. Although the great domesday book was left incomplete, the draft of the remaining unabbreviated work the east anglian circuit remains as the little domesday book. Basingstoke was a settlement in domesday book, in the hundred of basingstoke and the county of hampshire it had a recorded population of 57 households in 1086, putting it in the largest 20% of settlements recorded in domesday, and is listed under 2 owners in domesday book. Included in the description of caverswall is a mention of a church at stoke but no. It can be incorporated in to a lesson on the domesday book as an opportunity for pupils to see how it may have worked in practice. Faced with the threat of foreign invasion, king william wants to know how much tax he can raise, so sets out to record every person, every manor. Here is the entry for cottingham use this to make up your own entry. You can also access the discover domesday exhibition, explaining why domesday. Domesday book 1086 the middle ages encompass one of the most exciting periods in english history. Domesday book great domesday the national archives. What is known as domesday book is in fact a composite work in two volumes. While this is mainly true, the domesday now has a mystical.

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. The making of domesday book has long been the subject of scholarly inquiry, with. Over time, i have grown to not see this as issue number five of the old domesday book but, the first issue of a new. The most substantial change in this revised version of the original dataset 1a, 2007 is the addition of a single file ids. The detailed picture of the english landscape it offers has no equal in any country, while it is valuable not only in the picture it allows local historians to construct of their area in the eleventh century but also as the foundation document of the national archives. Facsimile of the part relating to norfork by james, henry, sir. Tr introduction the first approach to a modern assessment roll or cataster is the well known. See all 9 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. It had a recorded population of 175 households in 1086. 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. On this page are an extracts of the 1087 domesday book as far as they are relevant to the stokeontrent area of north staffordshire. Places domesday book into its wider historical, social, and economic contexts.

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. While spending the christmas of 1085 in gloucester, william had deep speech. Facsimile of the part relating to norfork by james, henry, sir, 18031877. Volume one, known as great or exchequer domesday, is an abbreviated version of the returns from 32 counties. The first volume great domesday contains the final summarized record of all the counties surveyed except essex, norfolk, and suffolk. It was ordered by william the conqueror the winner of the recent battle of hastings so that william could determine how much money in taxes he could raise and to give william a better sense of the territory he had continue reading domesday book. The 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 i of england. It has been cited as an example of digital obsolescence on account of the physical medium used for data storage. Every entry in domesday book supplies that information. At christmas, 1085, whilst staying at goucester, william the conqueror decided to conduct a far ranging survey of his kingdom, its boroughs and manors, for tax purposes, becoming known as the domesday book, from the old english dom, meaning reckoning, due to the exacting and invasive nature of its questions, the survey was completed in 1086. A complete translation domesday book is one of the most famous documents in english history. 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. Could be followed by a brief q and a on the experiences of the roleplaya small worksheet to discuss the different conversations and meetings had during the roleplay.

The survey was similar to a census by a government of today. The survey served two purposes it recorded who owned what land and gave it a value for tax purposes. Produced under the supervision of the most renowned domesday scholars, this authoritative translation of the complete domesday offers a. Woking appears in the domesday book of 1086 as wochinges. 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.

Produced under the supervision of the most renowned domesday scholars, this authoritative translation of the complete domesdayoffers a remarkable portrait of. One of the most important historical events of the medieval era is the domesday book. The windows in each pane allow you to explore domesday book. Domesday book domesday book was unique in western europe and it set a standard. Domesday book and its statistics is a freezeframe snapshot of the process. The uks 2nd domesday book the return of the owners of land 1872 251120 george 7 comments report on the occasion of the first facsimile reproduction of the 2nd domesday of the united kingdom and the presentation of the 4 volumes to the president of the royal historical society, house of lords, 4th december 2012. Domesday book, the original record or summary of william is survey of england.

Sussex the following pages include domesday placenames and landowners, and beneath some are links to websites containing the local history of that place. In 1954 woking squash club was formed and in 1968 woking archery club was established. A page from the domesday book coting e ham is listed in the domesday book, a survey commissioned by william the conquerer in 1085, following his invasion of britain in 1066. As there are lots of different entries on each folio, your search. 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. Incredibly the final version of the main domesday book volume, all 4 pages of it, was handwritten by one unnamed official scribe, and checked by one. Generally around 120 acres, though the area varied depending on the quality of the land. Domesday book was a comprehensive survey and record of all the landowners, property, tenants and serfs of medieval norman england which was compiled in 10867 ce under the orders of william the conqueror r. Domesday explorer uses the same metaphor as windows explorer. The domesday book entry for tarentfort dartford provides a snapshot view of dartford in 1086. 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 as the scribes went round england, they were protected. The precise purpose of the enterprise is not known but the most likely reason was to determine who legally owned what land, to settle disputes of ownership and to measure.