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, Tremore was held by Alsi.
When William the Conqueror's commissioners surveyed Tremore in 1086, they recorded a manor held by Alsi, Brian of Widemouth, Nigel of Worthyvale, Roger (of Courseulles), Thorkil, Turstin, the sheriff and King William, who held from Bodmin (St Petroc), canons of. Before the Conquest, in the time of King Edward, it was held by Alward, Bodmin (St Petroc), canons of, Brictric, Edwy and thane, one.
The settlement was assessed at 2.5 hides for tax. Tremore was valued at 7 shillings before the Conquest; no 1086 value was recorded.
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 →
Tremore 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 Tremore'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 Tremore.
208 recorded finds have been logged within about 5 miles of Tremore, reported by members of the public and entered in the national record of archaeological finds. They span these periods:
The bedrock beneath Tremore is Lower Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated) (Early 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.