Domesday survey

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Domesday survey

proper noun

The great Norman survey of England carried out in 1086 for William the Conqueror, the returns from which are recorded in the Domesday Book.

noun Domesday surveys

One of the individual surveys carried out as part of the Domesday survey as a whole, for a particular settlement, county or Domesday circuit.

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@misc{domesday_survey_2026,
  title = {Domesday survey},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/domesday%20survey},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}