A place in Cornwall with a history you can trace through the records: its entry in the 1086 Domesday Book, the archaeological finds and scheduled monuments around it, and the nearest Roman sites and battlefields. Everything below is drawn from the historical record.
In 1086, Callestick, Callestick and Callestick was held by Count Robert of Mortain.
When William the Conqueror's commissioners surveyed Callestick, Callestick and Callestick in 1086, they recorded a manor held by Count Robert of Mortain, who held from Bodmin (St Petroc), canons of. Before the Conquest, in the time of King Edward, it was held by thane, one.
The settlement was assessed at 1 hide for tax. There was land for 4 ploughs. The recorded population was 12 heads of household: 12 slaves. These are heads of household, so the settlement's true population was several times larger. Its recorded resources included woodland (10 acres). The manor was valued at 3 shillings in 1086.
The Domesday Book was the great survey of England ordered by William the Conqueror in 1085 and completed in 1086, the oldest surviving public record in the country. How the survey worked →
Callestick, Callestick and Callestick was one of the settlements recorded in Cornwall in the 1086 survey. Cornwall in the Domesday survey →
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Callestick, Callestick and Callestick's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Nationally registered historic battlefields within 25 miles of Callestick, Callestick and Callestick.
207 recorded finds have been logged within about 5 miles of Callestick, Callestick and Callestick, reported by members of the public and entered in the national record of archaeological finds. They span these periods:
The bedrock beneath Callestick, Callestick and Callestick is Middle Devonian (Undifferentiated) (Middle Devonian).
Aubrey's full report for this location includes every Domesday manor, the complete record of medieval lordship, archaeological context, and the story of how this settlement evolved from 1086 to the present day.