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, Tarrington and Tarrington was held by Ansfrid (of Cormeilles).
When William the Conqueror's commissioners surveyed Tarrington and Tarrington in 1086, they recorded 2 manors held by Ansfrid (of Cormeilles) and Ansfrid of Cormeilles, under Roger of Lacy. Before the Conquest, in the time of King Edward, the land was held by Alric, Alwold and Ernwy.
The settlement was assessed at 3.5 hides for tax. The record notes 12 plough teams at work (3 in the lord's demesne and 9 held by the villagers). The recorded population was 25 heads of household: 5 villagers, 13 smallholders and 7 slaves. These are heads of household, so the settlement's true population was several times larger. The manors were valued at 6.3 pounds in 1086, up from 5.75 pounds in 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 →
Tarrington and Tarrington 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 Tarrington and Tarrington'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 Tarrington and Tarrington.
1 recorded find has been logged within about 5 miles of Tarrington and Tarrington, reported by members of the public and entered in the national record of archaeological finds. They span these periods:
The bedrock beneath Tarrington and Tarrington 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.