Great Domesday Book

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by UK National Archives
published on 16 November 2018

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Great Domesday Book — Domesday Book is actually composed of two volumes, with here shown the larger of the two, the Great Domesday book. Compiled in 1086-7 CE by William the Conqueror as a survey of land and property ownership across Norman England. (National Archives, London, UK)

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Archives, U. N. (2018, November 16). Great Domesday Book. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.ancient.eu/image/9476/

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