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September 25, 2012

The Domesday Book was commissioned by William I, or William the Conqueror, 20 years after the Norman Conquest of England in 1066. The 1086 book surveyed the entire population, recording the population of towns, the people who lived there, their status and property. It was compulsory to answer the survey.

Filed under Domesday Book William I William The Conqueror history Norman Conquest

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