How many places are in the Domesday Book for Gloucestershire?

The 1086 Domesday Book recorded 516 settlements in Gloucestershire. Each entry documents the lord, land value, ploughlands, and population of the settlement.

What is the Domesday Book?

The Domesday Book is the great survey commissioned by William the Conqueror in 1085 and completed in 1086. It recorded landholding, land value, and population across most of England, and remains the most complete survey of medieval England ever made.

Which county is Gloucestershire in the Domesday Book?

In the Domesday Book, Gloucestershire appears under its historic county boundaries as they existed in 1086. The survey used the pre-Conquest administrative divisions rather than modern county boundaries.

How do I find my ancestor's village in the Gloucestershire Domesday records?

Browse the full list of 516 Gloucestershire settlements below, or search by village name. Each settlement page shows the 1086 lord, tenant-in-chief, land value, ploughlands, and population.

Domesday Book · Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire

516 Domesday villages

Recorded in William the Conqueror's survey of 1086

Notable settlements

Gloucestershire has 516 Domesday settlements. Aubrey has full historical records for all of them — here are the most notable by recorded value in 1086:

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E18 places

[Gaunts] Earthcott Eastleach [Martin]Eastleach [Turville]Eaton [Bishop]Ebrington Edgeworth Edvin [Loach]Elberton Elkstone Ellings Elmore Elmstone Estcourt Etloe Evenlode Evington Eycot Eyford

F13 places

Fairford Farmcote Farmington Fiddington Forthampton Foxcote Frampton Frampton [Cotterell]Frampton [Court]Frampton [Mansell]Frampton [-on-Severn]Fretherne Frocester

G6 places

Gloucester Gossington Gotherington Grove Court Guiting [Power][Temple] Guiting

I6 places

[Church] Icomb Icomb [Place]Icomb [Proper]Ildeberga Innerstone Itchington

K10 places

Kemerton Kempley and Kempley [Green]Kempsford Ketford Kilcot Kingscote Kingstone Kingsweston Kingswood [Little] Kyre and Kyre [Magna]

L18 places

Lasborough Lassington Le Mary Lechlade Leckhampton Lee Leigh [Lower] Lemington [Upper] Lemington Littleton Littleton [-on-Severn]Llanvair [Discoed]Longborough Longdon Longhope Longney Lydney [Little] Lydney

N16 places

Naas Natton Naunton Naunton Netheridge Newarne Newent Newington [Bagpath]Newnham Norcote Northleach [Bishops] Norton [Burnt] Norton Notgrove Nutbeam Nympsfield

O11 places

Oakley [Lower and Upper] Oddington Oldbury Oldbury [-on-the-Hill]Oldland Olveston Oridge [Street]Owdeswell Oxenhall Oxenton Ozleworth

Q3 places

Quenington [Lower] Quinton [Upper] Quinton

U7 places

Uckington Uley Ullington Upcote Upleadon Upton [St Leonards][Tetbury] Upton

Y2 places

Yanworth Yate

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