A place in Derbyshire 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, Padfield and Padfield was held by King William.
When William the Conqueror's commissioners surveyed Padfield and Padfield in 1086, they recorded a manor held by King William. Before the Conquest, in the time of King Edward, it was held by Aelmer, Brun, Godric, Leofing, Leofnoth (Sterre), Ligulf and Swein.
The settlement was assessed at 6 hides for tax. Padfield and Padfield was valued at 2 pounds 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 →
Padfield and Padfield was one of the settlements recorded in Derbyshire in the 1086 survey. Derbyshire in the Domesday survey →
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Padfield and Padfield'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 Padfield and Padfield.
36 recorded finds have been logged within about 5 miles of Padfield and Padfield, reported by members of the public and entered in the national record of archaeological finds. They span these periods:
The bedrock beneath Padfield and Padfield is Millstone Grit Group [See Also Migr] (Namurian).
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.