How many places are in the Domesday Book for Nottinghamshire?

The 1086 Domesday Book recorded 306 settlements in Nottinghamshire. 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 Nottinghamshire in the Domesday Book?

In the Domesday Book, Nottinghamshire 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 Nottinghamshire Domesday records?

Browse the full list of 306 Nottinghamshire settlements below, or search by village name. Each settlement page shows the 1086 lord, tenant-in-chief, land value, ploughlands, and population.

Domesday Book · Nottinghamshire

Nottinghamshire

306 Domesday villages

Recorded in William the Conqueror's survey of 1086

Notable settlements

Nottinghamshire has 306 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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A9 places

Adbolton Alverton Alwoldestorp Annesley Arnold Askham Aslockton Averham Awsworth

D6 places

Dallington Danethorpe Darlton [East] Drayton [West] Drayton Dunham [-on-Trent]

E11 places

Eakring Eastwood Eaton Edwalton Edwinstowe Egmanton Elkesley Elston Elton Epperstone Everton

F8 places

Farndon Farnsfield Fenton Finningley Fiskerton Flawborough Fledborough Flintham

G16 places

Gamston Gamston Gedling Gibsmere Girton Gleadthorpe Gonalston Gotham Granby Grassthorpe Greasley Grimston [Little] Gringley Gringley [-on-the-Hill]Grove Gunthorpe

H15 places

Harby Harwell Harworth Haughton Hawksworth Hawton Headon and [Nether] Headon Hempshill Hickling Hockerton Hodsock Holme [Pierrepont]Horsepool Hoveringham Hucknall

I1 place

Inkersall

K14 places

Kelham Kersall Keyworth Kilvington Kimberley Kingston [-on-Soar]Kinoulton Kirkby [-in-Ashfield]Kirklington Kirton Kirton [-in-Lindsey]Knapthorpe Kneesall Kneeton

L15 places

Lambley Lamcote Laneham and [Church] Laneham Langar Langford Laughton Laxton [East and West] Leake [Old] Lenton [North] Leverton [South] Leverton Linby Littleborough Lound Lowdham

M19 places

Mansfield Manton Maplebeck [East] Markham [High and Low] Marnham Martin Mattersey Meering Milton Misson Misterton Morton Morton Morton Morton [North] Morton [Little] Morton [North] Muskham [South] Muskham

N13 places

Newark [-on-Trent]Newbold Newbound Newthorpe Newton Normanton Normanton Normanton [-on-Soar]Normanton [-on-the-Wolds]Normanton [-on-Trent]Norwell Nottingham Nuthall

O9 places

Ollerton Ompton Ordsall Orston Osberton Osmanthorpe Ossington Owthorpe Oxton

P3 places

Papplewick Perlethorpe Plumtree

R14 places

Radcliffe [-on-Trent]Radford Ragnall Rampton Ranby Ranskill Ratcliffe [-on-Soar]Rayton Rempstone [West] Retford Rolleston Roolton Ruddington Rufford

T16 places

Teversal Thoresby Thorney Thoroton Thorpe Thorpe [-in-the-Glebe]Thrumpton Thurgarton Tiln Tithby Tollerton Torworth Toton Treswell Trowell Tuxford

U2 places

Upton Upton

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