The usual modern scholarly convention is to call the work "Domesday Book" (or simply "Domesday"), without a definite article, but the form "the Domesday Book" is also found in …

The first online copy of Domesday Book of 1086: search for your town or village in Domesday Book, find population and tax records, and see the original Domesday folios free online

Oct 8, 2025 · By contemporaries the whole operation was known as “the description of England,” but the popular name Domesday—i.e., “doomsday,” when men face the record from which …

Nov 19, 2018 · Domesday Book was a comprehensive survey and record of all the landowners, property, tenants and serfs of medieval Norman England. It was compiled in 1086 to 7 under …

The site provides information about the 1086 Domesday survey, the Domesday Book, background information on life in England at the time, links.

The earliest and most iconic public record, Domesday Book, documents the transformational impact of the Norman victory at Hastings in 1066. It shows in minute detail who gained and …

Apr 18, 2025 · The Domesday Book ranks among the most important historical texts in English history. But what was it, and how did it come into being?

Jan 26, 1996 · [TR Introduction] The first approach to a modern assessment roll or cataster is the well known Domesday Book. The existing literature on this remarkable memorial is so …

Jul 12, 2025 · Produced at amazing speed in the years after the Conquest, the Domesday Book provides a vivid picture of late 11th-century England. Find out how it was compiled, and what it …

Domesday Book was compiled in AD 1086 for William the Conqueror. It records the number of households, the economic resources, who owned the land, and the tax paid to the king, for …