A place in Lincolnshire 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, Langton was held by Durham (St Cuthbert), bishop of.
When William the Conqueror's commissioners surveyed Langton in 1086, they recorded 5 manors held by Durham (St Cuthbert), bishop of, Gilbert of Ghent, Erneis of Buron, Robert the bursar and Waldin the artificer. Before the Conquest, in the time of King Edward, the land was held by Godwin, Gunnhvati, Tonni of Lusby, Countess Judith, Wiglac (son of Siward) and Guthfrithr.
The settlement was assessed at 3.78 hides for tax. There was land for 6.3 ploughs, with 4.3 plough teams at work (1 in the lord's demesne and 3.3 held by the villagers). The recorded population was 19 heads of household: 5 villagers and 14 freemen. These are heads of household, so the settlement's true population was several times larger. Its recorded resources included meadow (24 acres) and woodland (65 acres).
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 →
Langton was one of the settlements recorded in Lincolnshire in the 1086 survey. Lincolnshire in the Domesday survey →
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Langton'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 Langton.
51 recorded finds have been logged within about 5 miles of Langton, reported by members of the public and entered in the national record of archaeological finds. They span these periods:
The bedrock beneath Langton is West Walton Formation, Ampthill Clay Formation And Kimmeridge Clay Formation (Undifferentiated) (Kimmeridgian).
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.