Nhertfordshire village named in the domesday books

The majority of these still exist in some form today. 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. Visitors to the website are able to look up a place name and see the index entry made for the manor, town, city or village. The anglosaxon chronicle states that planning for the survey was conducted in 1085, and the books colophon states the survey was completed in 1086. The name is first found in domesday book in two spellings. Domesday book is a manuscript record of the great survey of much of england and parts of. The national archives is the home of domesday book, the oldest surviving public. This page simply lists all places mentioned in domesday book. Now 2 villages, great and little amwell, on the new river. 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. Who held it in the time of king edward in 1066 who holds it now in. The mimmine domesday book entry north mymms history project.

The domesday book online contents of the domesday book. By contemporaries the whole operation was known as the description of england, but the popular name domesday i. The earliest recorded spelling of the towns name is the 10th century. There were 180 places in the county of hertfordshire in domesday book. To see full names of counties hold your mouse over the name. It has taken more than 900 years, but at last the internet has provided a. Baldock is a historical market town in north hertfordshire and is home to. 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. This could vary from village to village, but was typically around 15 acres. The record was compiled in 10861087, a mere twenty years after the norman conquest, at the order of william the conqueror. According to the domesday book, the lord of berkhamsted before the norman. Scan of the domesday book entry about hertfordshire, made available by professor j. The document containing the information was known as the domesday book.

There are some 418 towns and villages recorded in the domesday book, covering 40 of the old counties of england. But what william the conqueror didnt have in the domesday book was an easy way of searching its reams of data. It is not known when exactly domesday book was compiled, but the entire copy of great domesday appears to have been copied out by one person on parchment prepared sheepskin, although six scribes seem to have been used for little domesday. The name was apparently applied to the great survey because it was. In this entry for broadwater in hertfordshire land that was valued at 60s in the time of king. There are farms to the north and south of the village centre. Reputedly named after offa, king of mercia, who is said to have died in his palace here.

Or, the great survey of england of william the conqueror a. This page simply records all owner names mentioned in domesday book. Hertfordshire the following pages include domesday place names and landowners, and beneath some are links to websites containing the local history of that place. The name is referred to in the domesday book as hamelamestede. Berkhamsted is an historic market town in hertfordshire, england, in the bulbourne valley. How hertfordshires towns, cities and villages got their names. Click on a county name on the map to continue, or use the list of links below it. The name domesday book middle english for doomsday book came into use in the 12th century. Or the great survey of england of william the conqueror, 1086 1862 9781166036393. Domesday book, the original record or summary of william is survey of england. The national archives is the home of domesday book, the oldest surviving public record.

Birthplace of cecil rhodes 18531902, after whom rhodesia now zimbabwe was named. Uploaded by the open domesday project, released under ccbysa by professor john palmer and george slater. The domesday book, our earliest public record, is a unique survey of the value and ownership of lands and resources in late 11th century england. Note that the same name is not necessarily the same person.