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, Bullingham and Bullinghope was held by Roger of Lacy.
When William the Conqueror's commissioners surveyed Bullingham and Bullinghope in 1086, they recorded 3 manors held by Roger of Lacy, Ansfrid of Cormeilles and Gilbert son of Turold. Before the Conquest, in the time of King Edward, the land was held by Alnoth, Rever and Edwin.
The settlement was assessed at 6 hides for tax. The record notes 10.5 plough teams at work (4 in the lord's demesne and 6.5 held by the villagers). The recorded population was 32 heads of household: 11 villagers, 12 smallholders and 9 slaves. These are heads of household, so the settlement's true population was several times larger. Its recorded resources included 1.82 mills. The manors were valued at 7.5 pounds in 1086, unchanged since 1066.
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 →
Bullingham and Bullinghope 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 Bullingham and Bullinghope'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 Bullingham and Bullinghope.
The bedrock beneath Bullingham and Bullinghope 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.