A place in Herefordshire 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, Ledicot was held by Ralph of Mortimer.
When William the Conqueror's commissioners surveyed Ledicot in 1086, they recorded 2 manors held by Ralph of Mortimer and Gilbert (of Eskecot), under Roger of Lacy. Before the Conquest, in the time of King Edward, the land was held by Brictmer and Alfled.
The settlement was assessed at 2 hides for tax. The record notes 3 plough teams at work (1 in the lord's demesne and 2 held by the villagers). The manors were valued at 1.02 pounds in 1086.
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 →
Ledicot was one of the settlements recorded in Herefordshire in the 1086 survey. Herefordshire in the Domesday survey →
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Ledicot'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.
The bedrock beneath Ledicot is Pridoli Rocks (Undifferentiated) (Pridoli).
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.