Domesday Book survey

E104534
census historical document land survey taxation record

The Domesday Book survey was an extensive 11th-century census and land survey of England that recorded property holdings, resources, and population for taxation and administrative purposes.

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All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
Domesday Book 12
Domesday survey 2
Domesday Book (through William Peverel) 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf census ⓘ
historical document ⓘ
land survey ⓘ
taxation record ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Domesday Book survey ⓘ
surface form: Domesday survey
appliesToJurisdiction most of England ⓘ
chronology records conditions in 1066 ⓘ
records conditions in 1086 ⓘ
commissionedBy William the Conqueror ⓘ
surface form: William I of England

William the Conqueror ⓘ
compiledAs Domesday Book survey self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Great Domesday Book

Domesday Book survey self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Little Domesday Book
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
endTime 1086 ⓘ
excludes London, England ⓘ
surface form: London

Winchester ⓘ
parts of northern England ⓘ
language Latin ⓘ
legalStatus authoritative record for disputes over land ⓘ
location England ⓘ
mainSubject feudal obligations ⓘ
land tenure ⓘ
taxation ⓘ
method inquisitions held in shire courts ⓘ
royal commissioners visiting counties ⓘ
purpose administrative control ⓘ
assessment of taxable value of land ⓘ
recording property holdings ⓘ
recording resources and population ⓘ
records fisheries ⓘ
freemen ⓘ
landholders ⓘ
manors ⓘ
meadows ⓘ
mills ⓘ
pasture ⓘ
ploughlands ⓘ
slaves ⓘ
smallholders ⓘ
subtenants ⓘ
tenants-in-chief ⓘ
values of estates ⓘ
villagers ⓘ
woodland ⓘ
significance earliest surviving comprehensive survey of England ⓘ
key source for medieval English economic history ⓘ
key source for medieval English social history ⓘ
startTime 1085 ⓘ
timePeriod 11th century ⓘ

Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

William the Conqueror → ordered → Domesday Book survey ⓘ
Wantage → isMentionedIn → Domesday Book survey ⓘ
this entity surface form: Domesday Book
Thatcham → mentionedIn → Domesday Book survey ⓘ
this entity surface form: Domesday Book
Austerfield, Yorkshire, England → mentionedIn → Domesday Book survey ⓘ
this entity surface form: Domesday Book
St Mary’s Church, Battersea, London → mentionedIn → Domesday Book survey ⓘ
this entity surface form: Domesday Book
F. W. Maitland → notableWork → Domesday Book survey ⓘ
this entity surface form: Domesday Book and Beyond
Norman Conquest of England → result → Domesday Book survey ⓘ
this entity surface form: Domesday survey and Domesday Book
Domesday Book survey → compiledAs → Domesday Book survey self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Domesday Book
Domesday Book survey → compiledAs → Domesday Book survey self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Little Domesday Book
Domesday Book survey → alsoKnownAs → Domesday Book survey ⓘ
this entity surface form: Domesday survey
Harrying of the North → describedIn → Domesday Book survey ⓘ
this entity surface form: Domesday Book
Peveril Castle → mentionedIn → Domesday Book survey ⓘ
this entity surface form: Domesday Book
Brighthelmstone → mentionedIn → Domesday Book survey ⓘ
this entity surface form: Domesday Book
Peverel family → mentionedInSource → Domesday Book survey ⓘ
this entity surface form: Domesday Book (through William Peverel)
Datchet → mentionedIn → Domesday Book survey ⓘ
this entity surface form: Domesday Book
County of Richmond → recordedIn → Domesday Book survey ⓘ
this entity surface form: Domesday Book area descriptions
Judith of Lens → landholdingsRecordedIn → Domesday Book survey ⓘ
this entity surface form: Domesday Book
Baynard's Castle → mentionedIn → Domesday Book survey ⓘ
this entity surface form: Domesday Book
Kelvedon, Essex, England → recordedIn → Domesday Book survey ⓘ
subject surface form: Kelvedon
this entity surface form: Domesday Book
Norman England → hasSignificantEvent → Domesday Book survey ⓘ
this entity surface form: Domesday survey
Norman England → hasMajorWork → Domesday Book survey ⓘ
this entity surface form: Domesday Book