The Domesday Geography of South-West England, Volume 5H. C. Darby, R. Welldon Finn The Domesday Book has long been used as a source of information about legal and economic matters, but its bearing upon the geography of medieval England has been comparatively neglected. The extraction of geographical information involves problems of interpretation, since it necessitates an analysis into elements and their subsequent reconstruction on a geographical basis. But this process makes available otherwise unobtainable evidence for forming a general picture of the relative prosperity of different areas, as well as data for the comparative study of varying geographic and economic factors. This volume contains chapters on Wiltshire, Dorset, Somerset, Devonshire, Cornwall and a concluding chapter on the south-western counties. |
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The Domesday Geography of South-West England, Volume 5 H. C. Darby,R. Welldon Finn No preview available - 1967 |
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acres of meadow amounts assessment bordars Bradford on Avon burgesses carucis church Cornwall count of Mortain demesne densities Devon Devonshire dimidia Domesday Book Domesday boroughs Domesday names Domesday plough-teams Domesday population Domesday text domus Dorset ecclesia entered Exchequer entry Exchequer text Exchequer version Exeter Domesday Exeter entries Exeter text Exeter version F. W. Maitland ferling fief figures firma folios Forest Frome furlongs Geld Accounts habet hidae hides holdings hundred iiii included J. H. Round land large manors latitudine leagues leuga leuua libras linear dimensions longa longitudine mentioned Milborne Port MILES Modo occasionally paid geld parish pascuae pasture places plough-lands quadragenariae quae quarentena recepit recorded population reddit reference Regis royal manor salt-pans serfs settlements sheep silva solidos Somerset South-western Counties sub-tenancies tantundem Taunton teams Terrae Occupatae thegns underwood upland valet Valuit vastata villages villeins virgate Wiltshire Wimborne Wimborne Minster wood