Gloucestershire · Local History

The History of Redland

A place in Gloucestershire 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.

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 →

Redland was one of the settlements recorded in Gloucestershire in the 1086 survey. Gloucestershire in the Domesday survey →

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This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Redland's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:

Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
Spotlight
A deep dive into the most remarkable, lesser-known history of the place, traced back to the record.
Target Zones
For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.
Timeline
The whole story of the location told era by era, from prehistory to the present day.
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Conflict

Battlefields near Redland

Nationally registered historic battlefields within 25 miles of Redland.

Battle of Lansdowne
Registered battlefield · 1643 · ~9.4 miles
Battle of Lansdown (Hill) 1643
Registered battlefield · 1643 · ~9.6 miles
Archaeology

Archaeological finds near Redland

134 recorded finds have been logged within about 5 miles of Redland, reported by members of the public and entered in the national record of archaeological finds. They span these periods:

Roman: 48Post medieval: 32Medieval: 30Neolithic: 11Early medieval: 5Bronze age: 4Iron age: 1
Landscape

The ground beneath Redland

The bedrock beneath Redland is Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated) (Triassic).

Common questions

Questions about Redland

Was Redland in the Domesday Book?+
Yes. Redland was recorded in the 1086 Domesday Book as a settlement in the historic county of Gloucestershire.
Where is Redland today?+
Redland is a settlement in the historic county of Gloucestershire, England.
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