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For that hard-to-buy-for person we're pleased to be able to offer a beautiful mounted canvas print faithfully reproducing the actual Domesday Book page entry for your chosen town or village, a modern English translation and a glossary of terms. Select the canvas option after searching for your town or village above.

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The Domesday Book - one of the most valuable records of the UK's past history. In 1086 William the Conquerer commanded a survey of the country for taxation purposes. Over 13,000 villages and hamlets were surveyed mainly south of the the Ribble and Tees rivers. The Domesday Book contains fascinating information such as land ownership, livestock and even local customs. Now you have the opportunity to discover your town or village's distant past (if it was mentioned in the Domesday Book of course). Use the search above to access the extract for your town or village, view the actual page text, translation into modern English and a 5 page glossary of terms.

LEICESTERSHIRE | READING | ISLE OF ANGLESEY | EALING | NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE | ROCHDALE | MONMOUTHSHIRE | NORTH EAST LINCOLNSHIRE | CITY OF LEICESTER | WINDSOR AND MAIDENHEAD | CUMBRIA | NA H-EILEANAN AN IAR | SALFORD | KIRKLEES | LIVERPOOL | CITY OF WESTMINSTER | BARKING & DAGENHAM | DURHAM | BRADFORD | GLASGOW CITY | EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE | CITY OF STOKE-ON-TRENT | ISLINGTON | GATESHEAD | HARINGEY | NORFOLK | FLINTSHIRE | BUCKINGHAMSHIRE | THE VALE OF GLAMORGAN | BARNSLEY | COVENTRY | ST HELENS | CITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON | ISLE OF WIGHT | SOUTH LANARKSHIRE | WANDSWORTH | NORTH SOMERSET | BURY | MEDWAY | LEWISHAM | SHETLAND ISLANDS | CHESHIRE WEST AND CHESTER | SOUTH AYRSHIRE | ESSEX | WALSALL | STOCKTON ON TEES | GLOUCESTERSHIRE | KENT | TELFORD AND WREKIN | MERTON | CALDERDALE | HARTLEPOOL | CITY OF PETERBOROUGH | WIRRAL | SUFFOLK | DUNDEE CITY | NORTH AYRSHIRE | GREENWICH | FIFE | CITY OF PLYMOUTH. | SUNDERLAND | NEATH PORT TALBOT | ARGYLL AND BUTE | HAVERING | CROYDON | HILLINGDON | STAFFORDSHIRE | SCOTTISH BORDERS | CORNWALL | DERBYSHIRE | WREXHAM | CARMARTHENSHIRE | WARRINGTON | CITY OF DERBY | CITY OF BRIGHTON AND HOVE | CONWY | EAST AYRSHIRE | SUTTON | INVERCLYDE | CITY OF KINGSTON UPON HULL | SOLIHULL | BEDFORD | WEST LOTHIAN | SEFTON | TAMESIDE | LANCASHIRE | WIGAN | REDCAR & CLEVELAND | CARDIFF | WEST DUNBARTONSHIRE | MIDDLESBROUGH | NORTH LANARKSHIRE | THURROCK | ORKNEY ISLANDS | ANGUS | PERTH AND KINROSS | RHONDDA,CYNON,TAFF | SWANSEA | KNOWSLEY | ISLE OF MAN | BLACKPOOL | CAMDEN | CITY OF BRISTOL | ENFIELD | LINCOLNSHIRE | SHROPSHIRE | CEREDIGION | BRIDGEND | STOCKPORT | SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE | SOMERSET | ABERDEENSHIRE | WARWICKSHIRE | SURREY | SOUTH TYNESIDE | HERTFORDSHIRE | HIGHLAND | TORFAEN | SANDWELL | TORBAY | NORTHUMBERLAND | STIRLING | SHEFFIELD | RICHMOND UPON THAMES | BEXLEY | GWYNEDD | WEST BERKSHIRE | WEST SUSSEX | BRACKNELL FOREST | LUTON | EAST DUNBARTONSHIRE | BIRMINGHAM | BRENT | RENFREWSHIRE | SLOUGH | ROYAL BOROUGH OF KENSINGTON & CHELSEA | HEREFORDSHIRE | EAST LOTHIAN | DORSET | POOLE | NEWPORT | DUDLEY | TOWER HAMLETS | CENTRAL BEDFORDSHIRE | TRAFFORD | OLDHAM | MORAY | HAMMERSMITH &FULHAM | CLACKMANNANSHIRE | OXFORDSHIRE | CITY OF EDINBURGH | POWYS | HOUNSLOW | EAST SUSSEX | BLAENAU GWENT | DONCASTER | CHESHIRE EAST | MIDLOTHIAN | SOUTHEND-ON-SEA | MERTHYR TYDFIL | HAMPSHIRE | SOUTHWARK | CITY OF LONDON | WORCESTERSHIRE | NEWHAM | MILTON KEYNES | CAERPHILLY | HACKNEY | NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE | EAST RENFREWSHIRE | DARLINGTON | DEVON | CITY OF PORTSMOUTH | WALTHAM FOREST | NORTH YORKSHIRE | BLACKBURN WITH DARWEN | ABERDEEN CITY | WILTSHIRE | NORTHAMPTONSHIRE | PEMBROKESHIRE | NOTTINGHAMSHIRE | KINGSTON UPON THAMES | HALTON | NORTH TYNESIDE | MANCHESTER | BATH AND NORTH EAST SOMERSET | CITY OF NOTTINGHAM | ROTHERHAM | DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY | BARNET | CITY OF SOUTHAMPTON | YORK | LAMBETH | DENBIGHSHIRE | BOLTON | FALKIRK | ISLES OF SCILLY | HARROW | WOKINGHAM | CAMBRIDGESHIRE | BOURNEMOUTH | REDBRIDGE | WAKEFIELD | RUTLAND | LEEDS | SWINDON | BROMLEY