Domesday book entry for woking council

Woodland in dean forest paying dues in pasture, firewood and timber. By the time of the domesday book it was called sudrie and was subdivided into 14 groups of. Woking borough council news, views, gossip, pictures. 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 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. Domesday book extracts makes available over 8,500 fascinating extracts featuring the actual page entry for your town, a translation and glossary. Bodmin independent, local travel info cornwall guide. Domesday book, the original record or summary of william is survey of england. The national archives is the home of domesday book, the oldest surviving public record.

It provides a picture of a land which was in transition from a tributary to a truly manorial society and as such preserves the vestiges of a much earlier society as well as the seeds of future change. In 1954 woking squash club was formed and in 1968 woking archery club was established. It can be incorporated in to a lesson on the domesday book as an opportunity for pupils to see how it may have worked in practice. Borough board booking request woking borough council. In the domesday book of 1086, the area we now know as redhill. Mar 30, 2008 here is the entry for cottingham use this to make up your own entry. Woking appears in the anglosaxon chronicle entry for 777, recording that in that year on a petition of brorda the ealdorman, king offa of the mercians freed the church amongst the wokingfolk wocingas from obligations to king, earl and bishop so that brorda could grant it to the minster of medehamstede.

All groups groups your friends have joined arts beliefs. Citizens advice woking aims to provide advice and assistance to local clients in all areas of social law and related matters. Jan 12, 2015 a ks3 roleplay covering the domesday book. Domesday is by the far the most complete record of preindustrial society to survive anywhere in the world and provides a unique window on the medieval world. According to the anglosaxon chronicle, he mobilised the largest force of mounted men and infantry ever seen in england, compelled his vassals to provision the army each in proportion to his land, and scorched the coastline to prevent his enemies from gaining a foothold. The uks 2nd domesday book the return of the owners of land 1872 251120 george 7 comments report on the occasion of the first facsimile reproduction of the 2nd domesday of the united kingdom and the presentation of the 4 volumes to the president of the royal historical society, house of lords, 4th december 2012. Round, feudal england 1895, and the most illuminating study remains f.

Over in east surrey, redhill is actually one of surreys newest towns, having rapidly expanded during the early 19th century. Doomsday book list of properties and fees doomsday book list of lands owned and fees the domesday book of 1086 lists baentone as one of the 27 devon holdings of walter of douai, also known therein as walscin. It was written over nine hundred years ago under the orders of king william the conqueror. Domesday definition and meaning collins english dictionary. All webcasts should be archived within 2 working days and will be available to view for 12 months. In the domesday book of 1086 it is listed as wochinges, being. Domesday book also known as domesday, or book of winchester was the record of the great survey of england completed in 1086, executed for william the conqueror. Create a fictional english town name, remember to make it sound anglosaxon with a ton at the end eg. Citizens advice woking the charity for your community.

Wyke is a rural and suburban village in surrey, england. The name is derived from bodminachau, meaning the home of monks, suggesting that it was originally a religious settlement. Domesday book home the domesday book one of the most valuable records of the uks past history. Could be followed by a brief q and a on the experiences of the roleplaya small worksheet to discuss the different conversations and meetings had during the roleplay. Official page for woking borough council in surrey. Uploaded by the open domesday project, released under ccbysa by professor john palmer and george slater. The existing literature on this remarkable memorial is so extensive, that it has not appeared advisable to quote largely from it. 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. The following pages include domesday placenames and landowners, and beneath some are links to websites containing the local history of that place. The development will include a large central park, public amenities and 1,200 high quality, energy efficient homes surrounded by tree lined avenues, pocket gardens and a mix of communal spaces, to create an attractive new neighbourhood. Woking, the place of the mad, the bad and the dead. Guildford was a settlement in domesday book, in the hundred of woking and the county of surrey.

There were 151 places in the county of surrey in domesday book. Normandy, surrey is also dispersed yet is typically marked just 0. Full text of notes on the churches in the counties of kent, sussex, and surrey, mentioned in domesday book, and those of more recent date see other formats. Brookwood hospital was opened on 17 june 1867 under the title brookwood asylum. William needed information about the country he had just conquered so he could administer it. The manor of papworth the domesday book entry for the manor of send records two areas of land one covering 9 hides the other 1.

How surrey towns and villages got their names including guildford. Woking appears in the domesday book of 1086 as wochinges. Though woking s earliest written appearance is in the domesday book, it is mentioned as the site of a monastery in an 8thcentury context, as wochingas. Woking has been chosen as the south easts flagship library for an international literary event.

Wakefield was a settlement in domesday book, in the hundred of agbrigg and the county of yorkshire it had a recorded population of 1. It had a recorded population of 71 households in 1086, putting it in the largest 20% of settlements recorded in domesday, and is listed under 2 owners in domesday book. By contemporaries the whole operation was known as the description of england, but the popular name domesday i. Foi2018498 i refer to your request under the freedom of information act for information dated 23 july. Domesday book, compiled in 1086 at the behest of william the conqueror, has been described as the most valuable piece of antiquity possessed by any nation david hume and viewed by historians as the final act of the norman conquest. In the domesday book it appears as wochinges, being held in 1086 by king william the conqueror, walter fitzother, constable of windsor castle, and ansgot and godfrey from osbern fitzosbern. By the time of the domesday book it was called sudrie and was subdivided into 14 groups of manors call hundreds.

Of the principle six towns of the city only burslem and fenton are in existence at the time. Guildford appears in domesday book of 1086 as geldeford and gildeford, a holding of william the conqueror. For an assessment of the value of domesday book as a source, see james campbell, the anglosaxon state 2000. Tr introduction the first approach to a modern assessment roll or cataster is the well known. History of woking project gutenberg selfpublishing.

Find groups in woking, england about book club and meet people in your local community who share your interests. Focus on domesday domesday book is one of the most famous historical records held by the national archives. Domesday book and its statistics is a freezeframe snapshot of the process. The domesday book entry for tarentfort dartford provides a snapshot view of dartford in 1086. World wide words tries to record at least a part of this shifting wordscape by featuring new words, word histories, words in the news, and the curiosities of native english speech. The hospital was referred to as brookwood asylum or surrey county lunatic asylum interchangeably until 1919, when it was officially renamed brookwood hospital. The world of domesday exhibition depicts life in 11th century england. It had a recorded population of 71 households in 1086, putting. Archived 20 april 20 at day surrey domesday book archived 30 october 2007 at the wayback machine pipe r. William wanted to know how much his kingdom was worth and how much taxation he could command. There is evidence of a roman settlement to the east of old woking. Malvern chase was a large area of forest and marshland.

Domesday book is a manuscript record of the great survey of much of england and parts of wales completed in 1086 by order of king william the conqueror. Woking was a settlement in domesday book, in the hundred of woking and the county of surrey. Welcome to the woking borough council 24 hour secure internet payments service. It is thought that one of these was the later manor of papworth, or papercourt the other being the manor of dedsworth.

Guildford castle is of norman design, although there are no documents about its earliest years. Woking is southwest of charing cross in central london. Get a quick view of all your services, click a service for more details and options. Little domesday covering norfolk, suffolk, and essex, and great domesday covering much of the remainder of england except for lands in the north that later became westmorland, cumberland, northumberland, and the county palatine of durham and parts of wales bordering, and included within. Section c provides the latest version of the councils forward plan, showing all changes to the forward. To give you more of a choice about how to pay for some of your council services, you can now pay online using your visa, mastercard, delta, electron, solo or maestro cards. It is at the southwestern edge of the greater london urban area and is a part of the london commuter belt, with frequent trains and a journey time of approximately 24 minutes to waterloo station. Domesday book simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. If you have a local history site that you would like to be included on these pages please get in. Key stage 3 focus on domesday the national archives. It was the only cornish town to be recorded in the domesday book, which was actually lodged in the towns prison during the first world war.

In the domesday book it appears as wochinges, being held in 1086 by king william the conqueror, walter fitzother, constable of windsor castle, and ansgot and godfrey from osbern fitzosbern, then bishop of exeter. Little domesday covering norfolk, suffolk, and essex, and great domesday covering much of the remainder of england except for lands in the north that later became westmorland, cumberland, northumberland, and the county palatine of durham and parts of wales. Woking appears in the anglosaxon chronicle entry for 777, recording that in that year on a petition of brorda the ealdorman, king offa of the mercians freed the church amongst the woking folk wocingas from obligations to king, earl and bishop so that brorda could grant it to the minster of medehamstede. Help us to report these issues to the county council by clicking the sign to the right, and see which problems have already been reported below. Things to do in woking with children family travel explore. Though wokings earliest written appearance is in the domesday book, it is mentioned as. The anglosaxon chronicle states that planning for the survey was conducted in 1085, and the book s colophon states the survey was completed in 1086. Domesday book great domesday the national archives. A total of 50,000 copies are printed and delivered free to households and many public information points across the borough via royal mail. It had a recorded population of 175 households in 1086. Woking borough council had been planning this scheme, which was.

For these three counties the full, unabbreviated return sent in to winchester by the commissioners is preserved in the second volume little domesday, which. Worcestershire the following pages include domesday placenames and landowners, and beneath some are links to websites containing the local history of that place. 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. Stoke, a suburb within todays guildford, appears in the book as stoch, and was also held by william.

Its local government district is the borough of guildford. Though wokings earliest written appearance is in the domesday book, it is mentioned as the site of a monastery in an 8thcentury context, as wochingas. It is not known when exactly domesday book was compiled, but the entire copy of great domesday appears to have been copied out by one person on parchment prepared sheepskin, although six scribes seem to have been used for little domesday. The record of landownership is far from complete, but it is clear that dartford was a thriving agricultural community in norman times. In 1994 woking football club won the fa trophy, winning it again in 1997. Read on for more information including lots of photos, costs and our version of things to do in woking with. The uks 2nd domesday book the return of the owners of.

Covid19 advisory for the health and safety of meetup communities, we. In response, woking borough council agreed to meet the balance to complete the project. In 1994 woking football club won the fa trophy, winning it again in 1995 and 1997. Older archived webcasts can be found in the webcast library. Another surrey town to appear in the 1086 domesday book is oxted, although. Basingstoke was a settlement in domesday book, in the hundred of basingstoke and the county of hampshire it had a recorded population of 57 households in 1086, putting it in the largest 20% of settlements recorded in domesday, and is listed under 2 owners in domesday book. Woking is a large town in northwest surrey, england. Woking town itself, excluding its narrowly contiguous builtup area which.

Little domesday covering norfolk, suffolk, and essex and great domesday covering much of the remainder of england and parts of wales except for lands in the north which later became westmorland, cumberland, northumberland, and the county palatine of durham. A page from the domesday book coting e ham is listed in the domesday book, a survey commissioned by william the conquerer in 1085, following his invasion of britain in 1066. In domesday book, ockley and lodesorde which has been identified with lodsworth in sussex, find a place in the list, while worplesdon, with its members of wyke and burgham, is classed in wotton. The first volume great domesday contains the final summarized record of all the counties surveyed except essex, norfolk, and suffolk. Woking looks remarkably different from when the saxon tribal leader was in. The surrey heath borough council website is full of history and. The surrey county council library will host the crime.

Click here to see the services you are subscribed to and your account profile details. We can negotiate on our clients behalf with other people and organisations. Its description there is complex, since it was then held as three estates, by king william the conqueror, walter fitzother, constable of windsor castle, and ansgot and godfrey from osbern fitzosbern, then bishop of exeter. Woking borough council this page summarises records created by this organisation the summary includes a brief description of the collections usually including the covering dates of the collection, the name of the archive where they are held, and reference information to help you find the collection. Book club groups in woking heres a look at some book club groups near woking. The woking magazine is compiled and published three times a year by woking borough council.

They were handtyped on an ibm selectric typewriter, then photocopied for distribution. The survey served two purposes it recorded who owned what land and gave it a value for tax purposes. The domesday book was commissioned in december 1085 by william the conqueror, who invaded england in 1066. Then, at the midwinter 1085, was the king in gloucester with his council. The bbc domesday project was a partnership between acorn computers, philips, logica and the bbc with some funding from the european commissions esprit programme to mark the 900th anniversary of the original domesday book, an 11thcentury census of england. Celebrating all things likeable about literature, world book night will see the likes of peter james author of the bestseller the perfect murder share the joys of reading.

On this page are an extracts of the 1087 domesday book as far as they are relevant to the stokeontrent area of north staffordshire. It contains the results of a huge survey of land and landholding commissioned by william i in 1085. The domesday book compiled in 10856 is one of the few historical records. Access to the services and information you may find handy. The first draft was completed in august 1086 and contained records for,418 settlements in the english counties south of the rivers ribble and tees the border with scotland at the time. The places given in woking hundred at the time of the great survey differ somewhat from the above list. Woking borough council woking borough council, providing. Both merton meretone and piddington petintone are mentioned in the domesday book as lands in oxfordshire that were held by the countess judith see. Commercial site with extracts from domesday book domesday book entries. Upcoming and recent webcasts are displayed on this page. How surrey towns and villages got their names including. A multi million pound regeneration project to transform sheerwater into a thriving, sustainable community, has been given the green light. So in the autumn of 20, renovation experts universal stone ltd, commenced repairs to the brickwork and portland stone capping under the guidance of chartered architects radley house partnership.

Were happy to report that modernday woking is not that scary anymore and that we had a good time there. The survey was similar to a census by a government of today. An administrative body called surrey county council was first created in 1889. The detailed picture of the english landscape it offers has no equal in any country, while it is valuable not only in the picture it allows local historians to construct of their area in the eleventh century but also as the foundation document of the national archives. Response by woking borough council to oliver staunton on 8 august 2018. Its situation overlooks the pass through the hills taken by the pilgrims way, and also once overlooked the ancient ford across the wey, thus giving a key point of military control of this long distance way across the country guildford appears in domesday book of 1086 as geldeford.

The domesday book is actually not one book but two. Domesday book encompasses two independent works in, originally, two physical volumes. Part of the surrey entry from an early 20th century encyclopedia. We have specialist caseworkers in housing, employment, money advice and welfare benefits. The importance of counties in the structure of government explains their central role in the organisation of domesday book. This overview and scrutiny work programme is published with the purpose of assisting the council in its overview and scrutiny role.