Domesday Book

[ doomz-dey book, dohmz- ]

noun

1. a record of a survey of the lands of England made by order of William the Conqueror about 1086, giving ownership, extent, value, etc., of the properties.

Domesday Book

noun

1. history the record of a survey of the land of England carried out by the commissioners of William I in 1086

Example Sentences

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

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

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In the Domesday Book the estate is put down as containing two hides, or about two hundred acres of land, the value of which was 4.

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But whether these general words ought to outweigh the silence of Domesday Book I am not prepared to decide.

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Ripon suffered severely, and in Domesday Book the surrounding lands are recorded as “waste.”

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