A place in Hampshire 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, Battramsley was held by Peret the forester.
When William the Conqueror's commissioners surveyed Battramsley in 1086, they recorded a manor held by Peret the forester and Saewulf, who held from King William. Before the Conquest, in the time of King Edward, it was held by Aelfric (Small) and Saewulf.
The settlement was assessed at 2 hides for tax. There was land for 5 ploughs. Its recorded resources included meadow (4 acres). Battramsley was valued at 3 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 →
Battramsley was one of the settlements recorded in Hampshire in the 1086 survey. Hampshire in the Domesday survey →
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Battramsley'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.
2 recorded finds have been logged within about 5 miles of Battramsley, reported by members of the public and entered in the national record of archaeological finds. They span these periods:
The bedrock beneath Battramsley is Solent Group (Paleogene).
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.