Dates/numbers
General trivia
True/false
100

The year in which the Norman Conquest took place.

1066

100

The book that inspired William's survey.

The bible (Doomsday/Judgement day)
100

The domesday book was a census.

False

200

The date when domesday was first comissioned.

25 december 1085

200

The language in which the book was originally written.

Latin

200

The book is split into two parts.

True

300

The number of Regions or 'circuits' England was split into for survey.

7

300

Name at least three questions that the survey had.

  • What is the manor called?
  • Who held it in the time of King Edward?
  • Who holds it now?
  • How many hides (a land measurement)?
  • How much has been added or taken away from the manor?
  • How much has or had each freeman and each sokeman?
  • How many plough teams?
  • How many freemen, sokemen, villans, cottars and slaves?
  • How much wood, meadow and pasture?
  • How many mills and fisheries?
  • How much was the whole worth in 1066, and how much now (1086)?
400

The number of settlements surveyed.

Over 13 000.

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