There were 386 places in the county of northamptonshire in. The following pages include domesday placenames and landowners, and beneath some are links to websites containing the local history of. The roman town of lactodorum, standing on watling street a5, developed into a saxon town and after the conquest continued to be. Northamptonshire domesday books phillimore and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Aldwincle situated about ten miles east of corby, aldwincle, mentioned in the domesday book as eldwincle, was probably so named from the saxon word wincel, me. Domesday book is the most famous english public record, and it is probably the most remarkable statistical document in the history of europe.
The national archives is the home of domesday book, the oldest surviving public record. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. Click on a county name on the map to continue, or use the list of links below it. Many people visit winwick as they walk the jurassic way, a longdistance recreational footpath that meanders across northamptonshire and through the village. Twenty years later, the domesday book entry for alderton shows the name as aldrintone and the earl of ferrers as the local lord and lists land for 8 ploughs. Today it provides activities for approximately 60 young people aged 614. After the norman invasion and conquest of england in 1066, the domesday book. But it is not that simple the domesday book can be difficult to interpret and does not directly record villages but manors areas of landholdings that may, or may not contain a nucleated settlement, or several dispersed and not separately recorded settlements. The domesday book also known as domesday, or book of winchester was a record of all taxable land in england, together with such information as would indicate its worth. Brigstock, northamptonshire the village of brigstock in. It calls itself merely a descriptio and it acquired its name in the following century because its authority seemed comparable to that of the book by which one day all will be judged revelation 20. Lowick is a village and civil parish forming part of the district of east northamptonshire, england, about 2 miles 3. W wapentake wapentac same as a hundred, in the danish counties of england.
We start with the domesday book and before, as the remains of a roman pottery has been discovered at north grange farm in ellerton. Villager villanus member of the peasant class with most land. In the 17th century the village was enclosed and depopulated. Blakesley is a picturesque village, situated roughly midway between northampton and banbury, five miles west of towcester. Domesday book encompasses two independent works in, originally, two physical volumes. Little domesday covering norfolk, suffolk, and essex, and great domesday covering much of the remainder of englandexcept for lands in the north that later became westmorland, cumberland, northumberland, and the county palatine of durhamand parts of wales. Apr 14, 2015 one of the first times many settlements are recorded is in 1086 and the domesday book. During the wars of the roses, in 1469 the battle of edgecote took place, only three miles from byfield. The names probably have the saxon origin of wudutun and mean settlement or farmstead in, or by, a wood, which may have been salcey forest. Most of the villages were first settled in the 9th or 10th centuries and are mentioned in the domesday book. A working group set up in 2015 brings together volunteers, contractors and other contributors, who are researching and writing the history of the town and the surrounding villages.
This book was compiled by order of william the conqueror containing a survey of all the lands in england, their value, owners, and other information, for tax purposes. The village brocole in old english, which means badgers hill was recorded in the domesday book. It has been close to many of the important events in history. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 179 people. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 687 the village is 14 mi 22. Domesday book extracts for places mentioned in the. Apethorpe was recorded in the domesday book as patorp. Wadenhoe one thousand years in the life of an english village about the village the village of wadenhoe lies roughly halfway between oundle and thrapston in northamptonshire. At the time of the domesday survey, there were 29 hundreds in northamptonshire, and cotingeham lay within the stoke stochestocestoc hundred. The village is compact, uniform and centred on main street. Domesday book at midwinter in the year 1085 william the conqueror wore his crown at gloucester and there he had deep speech with his wise men.
You can also access the discover domesday exhibition, explaining why domesday. Lost villages in northamptonshire legally protected bbc news. Based on extensive and wideranging research, the two volumes contain over eight thousand entries on persons occurring in the principal english administrative sources for the postconquest period domesday book, the pipe rolls, and cartae baronum. Originally a small village outside the borough boundary of northampton, abington is mentioned in the domesday book. Broughton has a long history, being referred to as burtone in the domesday book. Junction 16 of the m1 motorway is about 7 miles 11 km southeast and the nearest railway station is at long. Acre acra, agra, ager measurement of land used in domesday mainly for pasture, meadowland and woodland, which varied from region to region. The domesday book is the great land survey from 1086, commissioned by william the conqueror to assess the extent of the land and re.
Additionally, extracts vary in length and in rare cases may be abridged if the entry is exceptionally long or mention more than one local domesday settlement if the entry is short. Naseby is a village in the district of daventry in northamptonshire, england. It was king william i, who at a council in gloucester at christmas 1085, ordered the great survey of the nation that was to be called the doomsday book. Daventry districts rich, undulating landscape is predominantly rural, with more than 70 parishes. Little domesday covering norfolk, suffolk, and essex, and great domesday covering much of the remainder of englandexcept for lands in the north that later became westmorland, cumberland, northumberland, and the county palatine of durhamand parts of wales bordering, and included within, english counties. The world of domesday exhibition depicts life in 11th century england. The domesday book was ordered by william the conqeror to assess the value of his conquered kingdom 20 years after defeating harold at the battle of hastings. By the time the domesday book it had become corbei.
The domesday book one of the most valuable records of the uks past history. It was believed that the name derived from the old english naefela, meaning navel, because it was thought to be the navel of england. Our vision is to lead and transform information management, guarantee the survival of todays information for. It is miles 21 km westnorth west of northampton, 9 miles 14 km south east of. In 1086 william the conquerer commanded a survey of the country for taxation purposes. There were 386 places in the county of northamptonshire in domesday book. Norton is a village in the district of daventry in the english county of northamptonshire. Daventry, town and district, administrative and historic county of northamptonshire, england. Apethorpe pronounced apthorp is a village and civil parish in east northamptonshire district of the shire county of northamptonshire, england.
Around 1124, as the lease had ended, elderly abbot joffrid of croyland set about resolving with evesham the ownership of badby. Domesday book contains fascinating information such as land ownership, livestock and even local customs. The village of brigstock in the northern part of northamptonshire is surrounded by the remnants of rockingham forest. Here it is listed as having three hides and one virgate and land enough for 9 ploughs, twelve sochmen, 3 mills rendering 3 shillings, along with 30 acres of meadow. Therefore it may have markings and creases on the pages, old labels on the covers, and may not include accessories such as access codes. Full text of domesday book northamptonshire see other formats wwfeau fc. There are some 418 towns and villages recorded in the domesday book, covering 40 of the old counties of england. The following pages include domesday placenames and landowners, and beneath some are links to websites containing the local history of that place. It appears in the domesday book as luhwik, and later as lofwyk and in 1167. The names probably have the saxon origin of wudutun and mean settlement or farmstead in. Newchurch has several mentions in the domesday book, but then, it seemed, there was no settlement under that name.
Byfield, with westhorp, was mentioned in the domesday book. The outcome of that speech was the mission throughout all england of barons, legates or justices. They are situated on the daventry to banbury road, abo. The domesday book is actually not one book but two. Nothing is known of daventry town before domesday book.
By the standards of the time it was a large village. Scandinavian elements found in the domesday book english. The village has a fascinating history, with records going back to the domesday book of 1086 and before. The delay in assessing his kingdom, was that until 1080, the norman invaders were still subdueing and allocating land to their soldiers, the last of the land allocated was in the early 1080s in northumbria. Spratton lies 3 miles from brixworth and only 6 from althorp. The name domesday book was not adopted until the late 12th century. There were only 18 towns of over 2000 inhabitants in the domesday england of 1086. Junction 16 of the m1 motorway is about 7 miles 11 km southeast and the nearest railway station is at long buckby 3 miles 4. In their domesday book of 1086, badby is listed under the lands owned by croyland abbey, ignoring the lease to evesham. The population including brokhall and norton at the 2011 census was 434. Great billing church was consecrated in 1759 because it was thought the devil had destroyed its spire. Bradden village welcome to the bradden village website. This page simply lists all places mentioned in domesday book. The domesday book online contents of the domesday book.
Domesday book is kept at the national archives in london. Welton is a village and civil parish in the english county of northamptonshire 1. The village is mentioned in the domesday book when grendon formed part of the hundred of wymersley, which covered an area of 52 square miles km 2 there is village folklore about drunken revellers leaving the pub in olden days trying to fish the reflection of the moon from the brook. In the domesday book, wootton is described as wetone. An active scout group exists in the village which was first founded in 1911. Several properties in the village appear in the domesday book, in which brigstock is referred. When sir robert brudenell acquired it in 1514, he took on the lease. The domesday book is the record of the great survey of much of england, and parts of wales, completed in 1086, done for william i of england, or william the conqueror. At the heart of the district is historic daventry town. Welton is a village and civil parish in the english county of northamptonshire.
The northamptonshire vch trust is currently supporting work on a volume covering towcester hundred. About another 5,000 throughout england held as tenants directly of the king or of his tenants. For most english villages and towns but not, unfortunately, london and winchester, for which no domesday records survive, domesday is the starting point of their history. The first volume great domesday contains the final summarized record of all the counties surveyed except essex, norfolk, and suffolk. District of bellinge, containing former villages of great and little billing, now lost among housing estates. However, some settlements like isham, northamptonshire, had been. Domesday book holding from the king as overlord of whom 15 held in rutland. Click here to view a hundred map from 1086, plus details of the latin names given to cottingham and neighbouring towns and villages. Kettering also had 2 watermills where grain was ground to flour for the villagers. To see full names of counties hold your mouse over the name. Domesday is now available online, and you can search for your town or village, and download images of domesday along with an english translation of the entry. For historians of anglonorman england, the survey is of immeasurable importance.
It was an imposing earthwork hastily constructed to form part of the defence williams new kingdom. The population of the entire country was probably between 1. The former northamptonshire regiments and royal pioneer corps simpson barracks at the former. Interestingly, piddington in northamptonshire also held by judith is referred to in the domesday book as pidentone so although the two villages have differing roots, they have merged into a common modern spelling. Town and villages around northampton, northamptonshire. Domesday book, a facsimile edition judith a green, the queens university of belfast. Blisworth blisworth or blidesworde as it was recorded in the domesday book lies snugly on the old a43 between towcester and northampton, surrounded by open fa. Of these towns, the two largest, london and winchester, were left out of the domesday book entirely. This is the first of two volumes offering for the first time an authoritative and complete prosopography of postconquest england, 10661166. Northamptonshire county, england, united kingdom britannica. Originally owned by the abbey of westminster, deene sits near corby in northamptonshire and was mentioned in the domesday book.
Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. If you have a local history site that you would like to be included on these pages please get in touch via the contact page. Bradden is a small village in south northamptonshire about 4 miles west of towcester. Andrew, which is mostly early 14th century although the chancel was actually rebuilt in 1828, incorporates part of a 12th.
It is a village of mainly mature houses, built from mellow northamptonshire stone. Brigstock is an ancient settlement, dating back to the bronze age or saxon period. Hallam, domesday book through nine centuries london, 1986 a survey of how the domesday book has been used since its composition, and how antiquarians and historians have viewed the record. Maitland, domesday book and beyond university of tulsa. Piddington in northamptonshire also held by judith is referred to in the domesday book as pidentone so although the two villages have differing roots. Jun 18, 2014 lost villages in northamptonshire legally protected.
The domesday book is an ancient, hand written book with variation in preservation and presentation. Things to do less than one hour from london in one of britains most beautiful counties. In later records the village had been known as navesby and nathesby, eventually becoming naseby. Domesday book life in towns and villages the national archives. A burh referred to a fortified town, rather than to a towns size or economic status.
The 2001 census records a population of, increasing to 160 at the 2011 census. Brockhall is a village and civil parish in the daventry district of northamptonshire in england. Now you have the opportunity to discover your town or villages distant past if it was mentioned in the domesday book of course. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle. If you have a local history site that you would like to be included on these pages please get in. The majority of these still exist in some form today. Brockhall, like many estate villages, is a small settlement based around the hall. Lost villages in northamptonshire legally protected. It is 15 miles 24 km westnorthwest of northampton, 9 miles 14 km south east of rugby and 79. Uploaded by the open domesday project, released under ccbysa by professor john palmer and george slater. In 1086 naseby appeared in the domesday book, by which time hnaefesburgh had evolved into navesberie. People have lived where the village now stands since the earliest of times.
The outlines of the villages streets can still be seen as can the villages fishpond although this is now a garden in abington park. Residents of hampstead might not be too pleased to learn that their exclusive london village once housed more pigs than people but this is just one of the fascinating insights to be gained from reading the domesday book. The name scaldwell is derived from the danish scald meaning shallow and the saxon weile meaning spring, and the village is first mentioned in the domesday book, although there is archeological evidence in the form of roman pottery kilns and a hoard of 6 th century loom weights to show earlier occupation. There has been a settlement here for at least 800 years and it is mentioned in the domesday book. Northampton was a settlement in domesday book, in the hundred of spelhoe and the county of northamptonshire. Broughton is a large village and civil parish in the borough of kettering, in northamptonshire. Domesday book is inconsistent in its treatment of towns providing a very incomplete record.
Model village recreated in 1900 by charles rothschild. In the 1950s and 1960s, byfields brian, bob, cecil, and bruce laurie were wellknown stockcar drivers, at northamptonshire s brafield stadium and around englands stock car tracks. Domesday records around 112 towns or boroughs, a term with its origins in the anglosaxon burh. Now 2 villages, little brington, with a roman road, and great brington. Sadlythe majority of persons referred to in the record are not identified by name. The village is mentioned in the domesday book when grendon formed part of the hundred of wymersley, which covered an area of 52 square miles km 2.