Pase domesday forms part of a longterm research initiative which aims in due course to identify all the landholders named in domesday book and to produce a major study of landed society in england in 1066 and 1086. John the baptist, founded in the 10th century, was rebuilt in the 19th. The entry relating to the ownership of land in the parish of aston cantlow and the surrounding area is shown below. Domesday book was produced as a result of a survey carried out in 1085 on the orders of william i the conqueror. It was a thriving community when recorded in the domesday survey of 1086 following the.
All entry numbers cited in this edition are those defined by the phillimore translation. For an assessment of the value of domesday book as a source, see james campbell, the anglosaxon state 2000. The term is given greater precision in the phillimore edition, where each entry is assigned a unique reference. 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. It had a recorded population of 71 households in 1086, putting. It is about 2 miles north of north walsham, the nearest town, about 2 miles from the sea and about 20 miles north of norwich. The name craven is either preceltic britain, britonnic or romanobritish in origin. Woking means settlement belonging to the followers of wocc or wocca. Some coast and countryside car parks in northern ireland will start to reopen from 27 may.
The key to the colours shown on the map are to the lower right,the green shaded area is the boundary of andredsweald the impassible forest as described by the anglo saxon chronicles. In 1965, a revised town plan foresaw a population of. However, its usage continued following the ascendancy of the anglosaxons and the normans as was demonstrated by its many appearances in the domesday book of 1086. Woking is home to the celebrated nonleague football club, woking.
All land was ultimately owned by the crown, but held by lords, who provided military resources or tax in return. Though wokings earliest written appearance is in the domesday book, it is. Horning has an entry in the domesday book, noted under the name horningam. Domesday carefully records the owners of each manor estate in 1086, as these were the people liable for tax. Early trunch, prehistory, the domesday book and bibliography trunch is a small village in north norfolk, england. Woking leisure centre kingfield road woking surrey gu22 9ba. Domesday book encompasses two independent works in, originally, two physical volumes.
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. 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. Both merton meretone and piddington petintone are mentioned in the domesday book as lands in oxfordshire that were held by the countess judith see translated entry below. Tuc calls for domesday book to register outsourced deals. A ferry plied across the river for more than 1,000 years. You may copy it, give it away or reuse it under the terms of the project gutenberg license included with this ebook or online at. It is principally, therefore, a research tool, but it has been published online in the belief that it will also prove useful to anyone who may be interested in. Domesday book home the domesday book one of the most valuable records of the uks past history. The domesday book of 1086 records that two manors and a church existed in wanborough before the norman conquest. Its description there is complex, since it was then held as three estates. Read on for more information including lots of photos, costs and our version of things to do in woking with children. Things to do in woking with children family travel explore.
Entry is the term generally used by historians to refer to separate a domesday holding. In 1954 woking squash club was formed and in 1968 woking archery club was established. Create a fictional english town name, remember to make it sound anglosaxon with a ton at the end eg. Domesday book extracts makes available over 8,500 fascinating extracts featuring the actual page entry for your town, a translation and glossary. Were happy to report that modernday woking is not that scary anymore and that we had a good time there. Woking is home to the surrey history centre, holding archives and records about the county. Mayford is unique in the uk and is mentioned in the domesday book. The plotted data is an extract from the open domesday book. Biggleswade is located about 40 miles 60 km north of central london and 20 miles 30 km to the westsouthwest of cambridge. Round, feudal england 1895, and the most illuminating study remains f.
You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries. In 1965, a revised town plan foresaw a population of 97,000 by. Woking borough council civic offices gloucester square. 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.
Earl roger of shrewsbury bishop g eoffrey of coutances. Tuc calls for domesday book to register outsourced deals posted on january 22, 2019 by insidecroydon one year on from the collapse of outsourcing giant carillion, and the tuc is calling for greater transparency in the way private firms are able to profit from and operate public services. Darby, described domesday book as the most remarkable statistical document in the history of europe darby, 1977, p. Surreys largest town and a prominent shopping, office and cultural centre. The biggleswade civil parish also includes the nearby hamlet of holme, bedfordshire. Domesday explorer is the electronic version of great domesday book, the culmination of twenty years research and development 19802000 by the domesday explorer team. William was anxious to know everything he could about the land he ruled and so sent priests and soldiers out into the shires to make a record of towns. The extent of the medieval district of craven, in the north of england is a matter of debate. Situated with a station on the east coast main line, biggleswade is around halfanhour from the capital city by train. Pool was a settlement in domesday book, in the hundred of skyrack and the county of yorkshire it had a recorded population of 2. Though woking s earliest written appearance is in the domesday book, it is mentioned as the site of a monastery in an 8thcentury context, as wochingas. Mentioned in the domesday book, notable residents over time have included the bedser twins, who played cricket for surrey and ron dennis the mclaren formula one motor racing team boss, with the team headquarters being based here.
The project gutenberg ebook, domesday book and beyond, by frederic william maitland this ebook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. It was the seat of the archbishops of canterbury from the 11th to 19th century and a large medieval market town. Park, and a separate leisure centre at pool in the park, opposite woking leisure centre. 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. It is remarkable as an historical record, but even in the modern era there can be few publicly available databases that provide such comprehensive, detailed and carefully checked information on. Find out more about woking leisure centre and book courtspitches online with openplay. In 2011 the population of the town was about 16,550. In 1994 woking football club won the fa trophy, winning it again in 1995 and 1997.
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. The town is famous for its shopping centres, cultural diversity and sports and leisure facilities. Uploaded by the open domesday project, released under ccbysa by professor john palmer and george slater. Its earliest known history was when it was included on the domesday book of 1086 for king william the conqueror under the name wochingas. Our key fitness membership includes gym, studio classes, squash, badminton, table tennis, lane swimming and leisure lagoon. Please reconsider your plans what is currently planned will have a devastating impact to mayford as a village. Woking appears in the domesday book of 1086 as wochinges.
In 1994 woking football club won the fa trophy, winning it again in 1997. Sussex the following pages include domesday placenames and landowners, and beneath some are links to websites containing the local history of that place. Woking was a settlement in domesday book, in the hundred of woking and the county of surrey. In the domesday book it appears as wochinges, being held in 1086 by king william the conqueror, walter fitzother, constable of windsor castle, and ansgot and godfrey from osbern fitzosbern, then bishop of exeter. The domesday book was commissioned in december 1085 by william the conqueror, who invaded england in 1066. Domesday book is the oldest government record held in the national archives. Rename this file and keep as a backup, then place the downloaded version in the domesday explorer directory. Here is the entry for cottingham use this to make up your own entry.
This page simply lists all places mentioned in domesday book. 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. Woking, the place of the mad, the bad and the dead. 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. The project gutenberg ebook of domesday book and beyond. Roger, earl of shrewsbury is recorded as owning the manor of halas, as shown by the entry in the domesday book. History of woking project gutenberg selfpublishing. The following pages include domesday placenames and landowners, and beneath some are links to websites containing the local history of that place.
There were 151 places in the county of surrey in domesday book. Horning is situated on the river bure pronounced locally burr between wroxham and ludham. Either king william himself, or one of around 1,400. The original village dates back to saxon times, at that time it belonged to an anglosaxon thegn called olwine, but the first recording of the town name is in the domesday book where it is referred to as hala or halas meaning a place with lots of hollows. Gate, cinema and new victoria theatre and the leisure lagoon at pool in the park opened. We have a large leisure lagoon with lazy river ride, our and flumes, a 25m.
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