The Domesday survey and Domesday Book have generally been seen as the culmination of the Norman Conquest, and show the results of a great investigation, commissioned by William the Conqueror ...

To do this, he sent out his supporters to survey the country. This detailed record of England was called the Domesday Book. It gives historians a great source of information to find out what life ...

The Domesday Book is The National Archives' oldest and most famous public record. It is a highly detailed survey and valuation of all the land held by the king, William the Conqueror, and his ...