How many places are in the Domesday Book for Hertfordshire?

The 1086 Domesday Book recorded 173 settlements in Hertfordshire. Each entry documents the lord, land value, ploughlands, and population of the settlement.

What is the Domesday Book?

The Domesday Book is the great survey commissioned by William the Conqueror in 1085 and completed in 1086. It recorded landholding, land value, and population across most of England, and remains the most complete survey of medieval England ever made.

Which county is Hertfordshire in the Domesday Book?

In the Domesday Book, Hertfordshire appears under its historic county boundaries as they existed in 1086. The survey used the pre-Conquest administrative divisions rather than modern county boundaries.

How do I find my ancestor's village in the Hertfordshire Domesday records?

Browse the full list of 173 Hertfordshire settlements below, or search by village name. Each settlement page shows the 1086 lord, tenant-in-chief, land value, ploughlands, and population.

Domesday Book · Hertfordshire

Hertfordshire

173 Domesday villages

Recorded in William the Conqueror's survey of 1086

Notable settlements

Hertfordshire has 173 Domesday settlements. Aubrey has full historical records for all of them — here are the most notable by recorded value in 1086:

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A14 places

Albury Aldbury Aldenham Aldenham Almshoe [Bury] and [Little] Almshoe Alswick [Great and Little] Amwell Anstey Ardeley Ashwell Aspenden Aston Ayot [St Lawrence]Ayot [St Peter]

C14 places

Caddington Caldecote Cassio Chaldean Charlton Chells Chesfield Cheshunt Clothall Cockhampstead Codicote Cokenach Corneybury Cottered

D4 places

Datchworth Digswell [Temple] Dinsley Dunsley and [Upper] Dunsley

E3 places

Eastwick Echington Epcombs

F2 places

Flamstead Flexmore

G4 places

[Great] Gaddesden [Little] Gaddesden Graveley Gubblecote

H17 places

[Much] Hadham Hailey Hanstead Hatfield Hemel Hempstead Hertford Hertingfordbury Hexton Hinxworth Hitchin Hixham Hall Hoddesdon Hodenhoe Holwell [Great and Little] Hormead Hunsdon Hyde Hall

K5 places

Kelshall Kensworth Kimpton Kinsbourne Knebworth

L11 places

Langley [Abbot's] Langley [Kings] Langley Langport Letchworth Leverage Ley [Green]Libury Lilley Little Hadham Luffenhall

M7 places

Mardleybury Meesden Meppershall [North] Mimms Minsden Miswell [Great and Little] Munden

N4 places

Napsbury Newnham Newsells Norton

O3 places

[Great] Offley [Little] Offley Orwell Bury

P6 places

Patmore [Brent, Furneaux and Stocking] Pelham Pendley Pirton Polehanger Puttenham

R8 places

Radwell Redbourn Reed Rickmansworth Rodhanger Roxford Rushden Rye [House]

S14 places

Sacombe Sandon Sandridge Sawbridgeworth Sele [House]Shenley Shephall St Albans Stagenhoe Standon Stanstead [Abbots]Stevenage Stonebury [Bishops] Stortford

T9 places

Tewin Tewin Theobald Street Therfield Thorley Throcking Thundridge Tiscott Tring

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