The Domesday book: England's heritage, then and now - Hardcover

Hinde Thomas

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9780091618308: The Domesday book: England's heritage, then and now

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0091618304 ISBN 13: 9780091618308

Publisher: Guild Publishing, 1985

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The great Norman administrative document is used as the basis for an enquiry into the changes undergone by the English countryside over the past 1000 years. A time chart setting "Domesday" in its medieval context leads onto a short essay on daily life in Norman England. The central text is a series of county gazeteers, containing over 12,500 entries, which list the "Domesday" settlements alphabetically by their modern spelling. Each entry gives the original "Domesday" information and a note on the history and present status of a settlement. A number of short essays on points of particular interest lend depth and detail to the picture. The text is interspersed with a large number of colour and b&w photograhs and maps.

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