How many places are in the Domesday Book for Kent?

The 1086 Domesday Book recorded 353 settlements in Kent. 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 Kent in the Domesday Book?

In the Domesday Book, Kent 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 Kent Domesday records?

Browse the full list of 353 Kent settlements below, or search by village name. Each settlement page shows the 1086 lord, tenant-in-chief, land value, ploughlands, and population.

Domesday Book · Kent

Kent

353 Domesday villages

Recorded in William the Conqueror's survey of 1086

Notable settlements

Kent has 353 Domesday settlements. Aubrey has full historical records for all of them — here are the most notable by recorded value in 1086:

Milton

212.06 pounds in 1086

Minster

175.03 pounds in 1086

115.81 pounds in 1086

Northbourne

106.06 pounds in 1086

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A18 places

Acrise Addington Adisham Aia Aldglose Aldington Aldington Allington Allington Appledore Appleton Arnolton Ash Ashenfield Ashford [South] Ashford Atterton Aylesford

D11 places

Darenth Dartford Deal Dean [Court][Great] Delce [Little] Delce Denton Denton Dernedale Ditton Dover

E15 places

Each Easole Eastbridge Eastling Eastry Eastwell Eccles Elham Elmstone Elmton Eltham Evegate [Temple] Ewell Eynsford Eythorne

F14 places

Fairbourne Fanscombe [East] Farleigh [West] Farleigh Farningham Farthingloe Faversham Fawkham and Fawkham [Green]Finglesham Fleet Folkestone Fordwich Frindsbury Frinsted

G8 places

Garrington Giddinge Gillingham Godmersham Graveney Gravesend Greenwich Guston

I2 places

Ickham Idleigh

K3 places

Kennington Keston Knowlton

L21 places

Langley Langport Langport Lanport Leaveland [Court]Lee Leeds Lenham [East] Lenham Lessness Lewisham Leybourne Little Chart Littlebourne Longfield Loose Luddenham Luddesdown Lullingstone Lyminge Lympne

N13 places

Nackington Nashenden Nettlestead Newenden Newington Newington North Eastling Northbourne Northfleet Northgate Norton Norwood Nurstead

O12 places

Oakleigh Oare Offham Orgarswick Orlestone Orpington Ospringe Otford Otham other Buckland Otterden Otterpool

R13 places

Reculver Ridley Ringlestone Ringleton Ripe Ripton Rochester Romney Romney Marsh Rooting Ruckinge Ruxley Ryarsh

T16 places

Teston Thanington third Buckland Throwley Thurnham Tickenhurst Tiffenden Tilmanstone Tinton Tonbridge Tonge Tottington Trimworth Trottiscliffe Tudeley Tunstall

U2 places

Ulcombe Upchurch

Y1 place

Yalding

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