domesday

[ doomz-dey, dohmz- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Archaic.

domesday

/ ˈduːmzˌdeɪ /

The census has changed from the land rent of Domesday to a distinctly personal payment.

In Domesday Book the place is called Udebridge, of which its present name is no doubt a corruption.

Over fourteen hundred manors appear in Domesday as royal property.

Nun Monkton has mention in Domesday, and is supposed to be the site of a Saxon monastery.

St. Oswald's church, according to Domesday book held "two carucates of land exempt from all taxation."

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