In the burton entry in the domesday book, it is wrongly entered as stafford. The majority of english staffordshire landholders werent ejected until after twice. In 1832 a cholera epidemic wiped out 742 inhabitants in 6 weeks. The name domesday book middle english for doomsday book came into use in the 12th century. Domesday book at midwinter in the year 1085 william the conqueror wore his crown at gloucester and there he had deep speech with his wise men. A handlist of castles recorded in the domesday book jstor. Domesday book for staffordshire staffordshire county council education department stafford 1970. Stafford was a settlement in domesday book, in and the county of staffordshire it had a recorded population of 34 households in 1086, putting it in the largest 40% of settlements recorded in domesday, and is listed under 4 owners in domesday book. The wood nearby was the site of battle between danes and saxons 1,000 years ago when alfreds soninlaw, ethelred, defeated the invaders. The information from the little domesday book may not have been included in the main book because william died before it could be done. The survey was similar to a census by a government of today. For these three counties the full, unabbreviated return sent in to winchester by the commissioners is preserved in the second volume little domesday, which, for some reason, was never summarized and added to the larger volume. Silkmore was a settlement in domesday book, in the hundred of cuttlestone and the county of staffordshire it had a recorded population of 8.
The following pages include domesday placenames and landowners, and beneath some are links to websites containing the local history of that. 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 entries in the domesday book were listed in order by landowner. Stafford anciently stowford is an historic manor in the parish of dolton in devon, england. Domesday book home the domesday book one of the most valuable records of the uks past history. It surveys england south of the river tees, recording data for both 1066 and 1086, thus documenting the norman conquest, one of the greatest upheavals in english history. There were 357 places in the county of staffordshire in domesday book. The term is given greater precision in the phillimore edition, where each entry is assigned a unique reference. By contemporaries the whole operation was known as the description of england, but the popular name domesdayi. The placenames found in the domesday book are township and estate names, and may include other villages and hamlets that receive no specific mention in the text. Domesday book is the name given to the record of the great survey of england made by order of william the conqueror in 108586. Apr 14, 2015 domesday book gloucestershire entry for lasborough the main unit of measurement used in the domesday book as a whole was the hide.
This research guide explains how to access and understand the information within domesday book. This entry is repeated in the domesday book for oxfordshire, becuse the village was later transferred to that county. You can also access the discover domesday exhibition, explaining why domesday. A camera icon indicates items that are digitally available online. Many additions and renovations have taken place in the intervening. All entry numbers cited in this edition are those defined by the phillimore translation.
The assessors reckoning of a mans holdings and their values, as recorded in domesday book, was dispositive and without appeal. The domesday book online frequently asked questions. Material on this topic is scattered and still slight. Domesday book for staffordshire national library of australia. Some entries also chronicle disputes over who held land, some mention customary dues that had to be paid to the king, and entries for major towns include records of traders and number of houses. It had a recorded population of 34 households in 1086, putting it in the largest. The following pages include domesday placenames and landowners, and beneath some are links to websites containing the local history of that place. His many landholdings are listed in the domesday book of 1086. There is a super website called the prosopography of anglosaxon england database project by kings college london and cambridge university. The population of the civil parish taken at the 2011 census was 194.
Commercial site with extracts from domesday book domesday book entries including translations for each settlement. This page simply lists all places mentioned in domesday book. Queen margaret of anjou reputedly watched the rout of 10,000 lancastrians in the. Tettenhall church is on the site of a 10th century church built by king edgar. The saxon hide was a theoretical unit of land required to support a family farmstead, but by the late saxon period, it had become a unit of taxation and hence was a fiscal unit rather than signifying a specific area.
Lennard once wrote that using domesday to study society was like exploring the darkness with a searchlight. Women in domesday pauline stafford, huddersfield polytechnic r. Sir henry newbolt, who wrote the song drakes drum, was born here in 1862 bishops offley. The domesday book is actually not one book but two. The little domesday book covers the territory of norfolk, suffolk, and essex.
Places in the domesday book associated with the name robert of stafford. William needed information about the country he had just conquered so he could administer it. The world of domesday exhibition depicts life in 11th century england. The domesday book entry for tarentfort dartford provides a snapshot view of dartford in 1086.
On their home page, select domesday book tab, enter judith in names box, and countess in description box. The road from stafford originally forded the trent. Tunstall is a hamlet near eccleshall in the borough of stafford in staffordshire, england. Hallam, domesday book through nine centuries london, 1986 a survey of how the domesday book has been used since its composition, and how antiquarians and historians have viewed the record. 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. Part of the village was given by king william to earl roger of montgomery, earl of shrewsbury and. The church was collegiate when recorded in the domesday book when there were. The national archives is the home of domesday book, the oldest surviving public record. A house of some form has existed on the manor probably since the norman conquest in the 11th century. Volumes in this edition also contain an introduction, glossary, full notes, index of persons, index of places and maps.
Domesday book is a manuscript record of the great survey of much of england and parts of. Domesday definition and meaning collins english dictionary. The commissioners also gathered details of the livestock held by each landholder, but this was not included in the final domesday volumes. What are some examples of questions asked in the domesday. Women in anglosaxon england and the impact of 1066 1984 provide an outline, and pauline stafford, women in domesday book, reading medieval studies, vol. Most local historians only paraphrase domesday entries. Domesday book simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
This screen shows the complete catalog entry of the title you selected. St marys church, stafford is a grade i listed parish church in the church of. Staffordshire the first uniform english translation, published in parallel text with abraham farleys latin text of 1783. The name domesday book was not adopted until the late 12th century. The outcome of that speech was the mission throughout all england of barons, legates or justices. Our domesday book entry the domesday book was compiled somewhere between 1085 and 1086 ad on the command of king william i of england, and is the result of a painstaking economic and social survey that was undertaken at that time. The entry for colton appears twice in the domesday book. There are 53 entries, including the first entry for the king himself. The domesday book mention of bretel st clair and land he held at tintenhall in england.
The first volume great domesday contains the final summarized record of all the counties surveyed except essex, norfolk, and suffolk. Stafford was a settlement in domesday book, in the hundred of cullifordtree and the county of dorset. Domesday book extracts makes available over 8,500 fascinating extracts featuring the actual page entry for your town, a translation and glossary. The domesday book s information was collected by surveyors going around door to door asking the people to answer the questions or be killed. Williams reasons for compiling the domesday book will never be known for. The filmdigital notes contain a description of the microfilm or microfiche numbers. The little domesday book s entries actually contain more. Stafford castle, strictly speaking, did not exist in io86. Leicestershire, northamptonshire, oxfordshire, staffordshire, warwickshire cheshire, gloucestershire. At over 900 years old, domesday is the earliest surviving public record and the foundation document of the national archives. Weston on trent is mentioned in the domesday book of 1086. Banthorpe was a settlement in domesday book, in the hundred of ness and the county of lincolnshire it had a recorded population of. The church dates from the early th century, with 14th century transepts and 15th century clerestories and crossing tower.
Walter, son of fitzother founder of the house of windsor. 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. Media in category domesday book the following 38 files are in this category, out of 38 total. William the conqueror william i is recorded to have come to staffordshire in.
Detail from domesday book, list forming part of first page of kings holdings. Uploaded by the open domesday project, released under ccbysa by professor john palmer and george slater. Large suburb with a museum and iron foundries, originally a market town. The domesday book, also known book of winchester, was commissioned in december 1085. Despite the abbey, burton was actually recorded as smaller than stretton. The present manor house known as stafford barton is a grade ii listed building. 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. Some family history centers and libraries maintain collections of previously loaned microfilms or microfiche. However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study. Tunstall was recorded in the domesday book as tunestal see also. On this page are an extracts of the 1087 domesday book as far as they are relevant to the stokeontrent area of north staffordshire. In 85 the customary tenants of ford manor, which was ancient demesne, obtained an exemplification of the domesday book entry, and their subsequent withdrawal of services led to the appointment of two commisions of oyer and terminer in 86 and a further commission in 1410 when they renewed their resistance. Tutbury local history and information about this staffordshire village. Colton history society village history in staffordshire, england.
It is four miles to the northeast of the county town of stafford ingestre hall is a local landmark it was formerly served by both weston and ingestre railway station and ingestre railway station. By contemporaries the whole operation was known as the description of england, but the popular name domesday i. A ploughland terra carucis or carucata was the area that could be ploughed by eight oxen in a year. Christine fell, cecily clark, and elizabeth williams.
Of the principle six towns of the city only burslem and fenton are in existence at the time. Domesday book for staffordshire national library of. In the late 18th century a flood washed away the bridge there. The material contained here is the work of the research and development team, and is licensed for use under a creative commons attribution 4. Sir henry newbolt, who wrote the song drakes drum, was born here in 1862. The record of landownership is far from complete, but it is clear that dartford was a thriving agricultural community in norman times. The two and a half centuries extending from edward the confessors reign to the last years of edward i form a period of growth. The existing literature on this remarkable memorial is so extensive, that it has not appeared advisable to quote largely from it. His energetic remodeling of his estate, left several chapters of staffordshire history shrouded in woodland, not least staffordshires forgotten borough and castle, and now also norton in the moors which this essay and voyage was originally to have been about. Drakelowe was a settlement in domesday book, in the hundred of walecros and the county of derbyshire it had a recorded population of 3 households in 1086, putting it in the smallest 20% of settlements recorded in domesday nb. This edition employs the unique numbering system of the phillimore edition where each separate entry or block of text is numbered. He was a relative of the conqueror, his father richard was standardbearer of normandy, and was descended from malahusius, uncle of duke rollo. Ingestre is a village and civil parish in the stafford district, in the county of staffordshire, england.
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. Stafford stafford was a settlement in domesday book, in the hundred of cullifordtree and the county of dorset. Bates, a bibliography of domesday book woodbridge, 1986 v. He appears also to have misinterpreted the entry for arundel. Domesday book is a frustrating source whose limitations must be. It had a recorded population of households in 1086, and is listed under 2 owners in domesday book. The great domesday book is the biggest and covers the most territory. Entry is the term generally used by historians to refer to separate a domesday holding. It had a recorded population of 34 households in 1086, putting it in the largest 40% of settlements recorded in domesday, and is listed under 4 owners in domesday book. It was later replaced by a single arch stone bridge in the 19th century. Our vision is to lead and transform information management, guarantee the survival of todays information for tomorrow and bring history to life for everyone. 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. Domesday book, the original record or summary of william is survey of england. This is an entry for dunwich, suffolk, in the domesday book.
The making of domesday book has long been the subject of. Bibliography john morris ed, domesday book staffordshire, phillimore, chichester, 1976. Domesday book is our oldest and most famous public record. Maitland, domesday book and beyond university of tulsa. For a more detailed introduction to domesday, and england at the end of the 11th century, when domesday was compiled, consult our online domesday exhibition. 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. Galbraith, the making of domesday book oxford, 1961 e. This site contains resources for students, scholars, or anyone interested in exploring domesday book. You discover many individual things in great detail but when you try to focus the beam on a specific question or sweep it to gain a wide perspective it jams. The domesday book was commissioned in december 1085 by william the conqueror, who invaded england in 1066. The church itself holds in stoke hundred cottingham. Arable land was recorded in different units, including. Generally around 120 acres, though the area varied depending on the quality of the land. 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.
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