Ladywell fields, originally ladywell recreation ground is a public park in the london borough of lewisham created from three historic fields. Beckenham soon developed into a significant village administered from the manor house opposite the church. This is the first of edward marstons medieval books ive read and i thoroughlly enjoyed it. Check and see whether your town or village was mentioned in the domesday book by entering a search above. Acton the name acton means oak town and is an anglosaxon name, suggesting that there was a settlement at acton in saxon times. Eastern essex is included in the part of the domesday book referred to as little domesday because it only covered the counties of essex, suffolk and norfolk. Beckenhams history dates back at least to 1086 when it appears in the domesday book referred to as bacheham. It had a recorded population of 62 households in 1086.
Profile agemund appears in the numbered list of twelve men holding sake and soke in lincoln in 1086, a group who were explicitly the successors of the twelve lawmen lageman of lincoln tre, having sake and soke in the same way habentes similiter sacam 7 socam. In fact there are two domesday books little domesday and great domesday, which together contain a great deal of information about england in the 11th century. The domesday book is a great land survey from 1086, commissioned by william the conqueror to assess the extent of the land and resources being owned in england at the time, and the extent of the taxes he could raise. The author weaves a credible tale of how a group of the kings commissioners are sent to bedwyn to investigate a land dispute in their quest to compile a list of land, holding and wealth for the domesday book. The famous domesday survey is our earliest public record and is now housed in the national archives. Mar 30, 2008 here is the entry for cottingham use this to make up your own entry. 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. Domesday book was produced for william the conqueror. Both in domesday book and in the exon survey the text distinctly supports this view. The maples, at the corner of george lane, about 1830. Listed as ludingaland in the domesday book, lothingland is named after lake lothing, which in turn probably refers to a tribe or family named luthings.
Strange beasts in the forest, haunting the village, fear stalks the land with awful results. Ive just discovered the open domesday site, the first free online copy of domesday book. The lands of robert gernon, witham powers hall, howbridge hall. If the domesday entry that is given above is considered, perhaps the most notable details it tells us about the township of antrobus at this time is that it was and is waste. Domesday book interpreting domesday the national archives. Ralph and gervase, norman and saxon, cohorts, friends and agents of william collecting and finding land fraud for the domesday book. Agemund 7 agemund lawman and moneyer of lincoln agemund. There were 377 places in the county of kent in domesday book. Delchard is a norman soldier who fought at the battle of hastings, and who does not suffer fools gladly. All land was ultimately owned by the crown, but held by lords, who provided military resources or tax in return. Palliser, domesday book and the harrying of the north, northern history, vol.
Kent, page 1 the original folios of domesday book, a complete survey of england written in ad 1086. There are a variety of mature trees on the site, including field maple, hybrid black poplar. Domesday book confined mostly to the rich lands to. This entry was posted in lewisham history and tagged abbey of ghent, alfred the great, domesday book, elfrida, flanders, ghent, lee. The complete series list for the domesday books edward marston.
It must be remembered that domesday book was primarily a great valuation record, and. The above terms are all found in the records of domesday essex and to this day freeman is a common name and a sentiment that we all cherish. Delchard is a norman soldier who fought at the battle of. Woods book stems from his bbc television series of the same name, soon to be aired here, and partakes of that mediums analytical fuzziness and gripping immediacy. 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. A while ago running past looked at the links of lewisham to its namesake suburb of sydney, both in the name and through transportation.
Either king william himself, or one of around 1,400. In the year 1085, william the conqueror spent christmas at gloucester. The tenants of the bishop of winchester hold the bishops pleas at taunton. Domesday book of 1085 badequella bakewell, derbyshire.
The world of domesday exhibition depicts life in 11th century england. E3122 and the page images and translations are available to download via their documents online service. The domesday book was a record of the survey of england carried out in 1086 by william the conqueror in order to assess taxes and find out other details of the country he conquered 20 years earlier. The name mutford, taken from the village of the same name, may mean ford near the meeting of the streams, from the anglosaxon mutha meaning mouth of a river. For the complete yearbook see the georgetown university yearbooks collection. Hampshire and isle of wight the domesday book online. The book is preserved in two volumes at the public record office, london, and its name comes from the belief that its judgement was as final as. Sep 01, 1993 the wolves of savernake is a fine tale of norman england towards the end of the reign of william i.
Ralph delchard, a soldier and gervase bret, a lawyer, in 11th century england, in the domesday series. Domesday book home the domesday book one of the most valuable records of the uks past history. All the entries for malhamdale are covered by page images of the following four folios. Uploaded by the open domesday project, released under ccbysa by professor john palmer and george slater. Domesday book is one of the most famous documents in english history and arguably, in world history. Construction of the purposebuilt charton manor began 5 may 1987, with completion 4 july 1988. Palmer, war and domesday waste, in armies, chivalry and warfare in medieval britain and france, edited by matthew strickland 1998, pages 25678. Domesday book consists of two volumes compiled in 1086. Create a fictional english town name, remember to make it sound anglosaxon with a ton at the end eg. Although db does not spell out the status as lawmen of agemund and his eleven companions in 1086, it can hardly be doubted that. Abingdon a is said in the apology that introduces it to have been derived from a hundredallyarranged source which was kept in the exchequer with domesday book, and the compiler of the crowland domesday refers to hundred rolls likewise kept with domesday which he had consulted. Lowestoft ness, the most easterly point of great britain fell within its bounds utford and lothingland hundred formed the northeastern corner of suffolk.
Antrobus is noticed in domesday book as being held by levenot. The following line shows the name of lewisham also with a red line through it. Domesday book is the oldest government record held in the national archives. In 1086, king william i the conqueror wanted to find out about all the land in his new kingdom. Georgetown university 1925 this is the section of the georgetown university yearbook that pertains specifically to the law school. Summary agemund 7 was primarily a leading burgess of lincoln, one of the citys twelve lawmen and a moneyer, like his father walraven before him. The latter is, however, unlikely since the domesday entry suggests that it was already in use before the norman conquest. It is the first and most important public record, and it has never been out of official custody. The site is mentioned in the domesday book, as meadows in the manor of lewisham. It was compiled between the years 1080 and 1086 to provide a detailed survey and valuation of all the land held by the king and his chief tenants and presents the earliest picture of england under the feudal regime.
The domesday book entry for tarentfort dartford provides a snapshot view of dartford in 1086. Original folio of kent, page 1 in domesday book domesday. Crowthorne wasnt even a speck on the map at that time, but i thought the results for the nearest places might be of interest. Entry for the royal manor of earley herlei, near reading in berskhire. The content and production of the original domesday book provide the basis for a wideranging exploration of the cultures origins. Agemund 7 agemund lawman and moneyer of lincoln agemund son. Full text of proceedings of the lewisham antiquarian society. This probably means beohhas village in anglo saxon. At the time of the domesday book, in 1086, the first written evidence appears for the manors of greenford and hanwell. At least some of the domesday texts may relate to the former process. By ad 1086, it had become berchingae as evidenced by the towns entry in the domesday book.
The national archives is the home of domesday book, the oldest surviving public record. Domesday book little domesday the national archives. Generally around 120 acres, though the area varied depending on the quality of the land. Very quick read and goes into reasonable detail of the time it is set in ie the writing of the domesday book very interesting piece of. The information collected was recorded by hand in two huge books, in the space of around a year. Now available in one volume, it is the complete, authoritative translation from the original latin of domesday book, together with an index of places and a glossary of terms used. London was a settlement in domesday book, in the hundred of ossulstone, mentioned in the chapters for devon, essex, leicestershire, middlesex, surrey and worcestershire it had a recorded population of 204. A ploughland terra carucis or carucata was the area that could be ploughed by eight oxen in a year. The wolves of savernake is a fine tale of norman england towards the end of the reign of william i. Domesday carefully records the owners of each manor estate in 1086, as these were the people liable for tax. Mutford and lothingland was a hundred of suffolk, with an area of 33,368 acres 5. The books follow ralph delchard and gervase bret, who are two officials who have been commissioned by william the conqueror william i of england to look into some inconsistencies that have arisen while compiling the domesday book. It details the entries in the domesday book relating to the town of witham, in the county of essex, in the uk.
A brief history of winchester winchester castle wolvesey castle westgate royal hampshire county hospital winchester cathedral. The doomsday book is in the process of being digitised and parts are now available online. The studies book has 179 pages and offers explanation and background to the domesday book. Queens wood is a 52acre 21 hectare area of ancient woodland in the london borough of haringey, abutting highgate wood and lying between east finchley, highgate, muswell hill and crouch end. Ralph delchard and gervase bret are commissioners, appointed by william the conqueror, to look into the serious irregularities that come to light during the compilation of domesday book, the great survey of england. The hull domesday project was conceived as an electronic translation of domesday book, coded to identify different textual elements names, places, categories of data and linked to databases of domesday names and places, a facsimile of the manuscript, and mapping facilities, all these elements enclosed in a software package which could interpret the coding. Introduction to the somerset domesday british history online. He also had a middling landed estate in north lincolnshire, scattered across nearly two dozen vills north and east of lincoln. Hampshire and isle of wight the following pages include domesday placenames and landowners, and beneath some are links to websites containing the local history of that place. Having won the battle ol hastings in 1066, and then occupied the whole of england, william governed the country by giving large estates to his most trusted followers, who were called tenants in chief, holding lands directly from the king. The record of landownership is far from complete, but it is clear that dartford was a thriving agricultural community in norman times.
Winchester, in the county of hampshire, is arguably one of the most beautiful towns in southern england. Produced under the supervision of the most renowned domesday scholars, this authoritative translation of the complete domesdayoffers a remarkable portrait of. Bakewells entry in the domesday book the domesday book is a great land survey from 1086, commissioned by william the conqueror to assess the extent of the land and resources being owned in england at the time, and the extent of the taxes he could raise. A complete translation foreword by geoffrey martin 1,436pp, penguin classics.
How much was the whole worth in 1066, and how much now 1086 note that not every piece of information is recorded for every entry in domesday. The domesday books series in order edward marston fictiondb. Vill lord 1066 db spelling holder 1066 lord 1066 tenantinchief 1086 1086 subtenant fiscal value. Arable land was recorded in different units, including. A point of much interest in the domesday entry, is the statement that there were eleven mills. Book description alecto historical editions, london, 1988. Southall, acton and ealing existed but were only small parts of larger manors. Another international link, of much longer standing, is to belgium, more particularly the flanders city of ghent as the land that forms much of the current borough was under the control of the ghent abbey of st. Lewishams 500 year belgian connection running past.
You can also access the discover domesday exhibition, explaining why domesday. There are fiftythree entries, including the first entry for the king himself followed. The first known record of a manor house on this site was in the 1086 domesday book. The domesday series is a series of historical mystery novels by welsh author edward marston keith miles. It was originally part of the ancient forest of middlesex which covered much of london, hertfordshire and essex and was mentioned in the domesday book and is now one of three local nature reserves in the. The wesleyan methodists have a chapel in the village, built in 1838. Here is the entry for cottingham use this to make up your own entry. The great domesday book, which contains the malhamdale entries, is held at the national archives ref. Detail from domesday book, list forming part of the first page of kings holdings. 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. The following pages include domesday placenames and landowners, and beneath some are links to websites containing the local history of that place. The manor of barking was the site of barking abbey, a nunnery founded in 666 by eorcenwald, bishop of london, destroyed by the danes and reconstructed in 970 by king edgar. Established january 1951, becoming a registered charity in 1964.
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