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, Coxlease was held by King William.
When William the Conqueror's commissioners surveyed Coxlease in 1086, they recorded a manor held by King William. Before the Conquest, in the time of King Edward, it was held by Aelfric (Small) and Aghmund of Wellow.
The settlement was assessed at 0.75 hides for tax. There was land for 2 ploughs. Coxlease 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 →
Coxlease 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 Coxlease'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 Coxlease.
2 recorded finds have been logged within about 5 miles of Coxlease, reported by members of the public and entered in the national record of archaeological finds. They span these periods:
The bedrock beneath Coxlease is Bracklesham Group And Barton Group (Undifferentiated) (Eocene).
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.