A place in Middlesex 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, Tottenham was held by London (St Paul), canons of.
When William the Conqueror's commissioners surveyed Tottenham in 1086, they recorded a manor held by London (St Paul), canons of, who held from London (St Paul), bishop of. The same lord had held the land before the Norman Conquest of 1066.
The settlement was assessed at 5 hides for tax. There was land for 4 ploughs. The recorded population was 8 heads of household: 4 villagers and 4 smallholders. These are heads of household, so the settlement's true population was several times larger. Its recorded resources included woodland (150 pigs). The manor was valued at 4 pounds in 1086, down from 5 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 →
Tottenham was one of the settlements recorded in Middlesex in the 1086 survey. Middlesex in the Domesday survey →
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Tottenham'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 Tottenham.
The bedrock beneath Tottenham is Thames Group (Eocene).
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.