A place in Nottinghamshire 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, Awsworth was held by William Peverel.
When William the Conqueror's commissioners surveyed Awsworth in 1086, they recorded 2 manors held by William Peverel and Healfdene of Cromwell. Before the Conquest, in the time of King Edward, the land was held by Alwin and Ulfkil (brother of Algar).
The settlement was assessed at 1 hide for tax.
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 →
Awsworth was one of the settlements recorded in Nottinghamshire in the 1086 survey. Nottinghamshire in the Domesday survey →
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Awsworth'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 Awsworth.
228 recorded finds have been logged within about 5 miles of Awsworth, reported by members of the public and entered in the national record of archaeological finds. They span these periods:
The bedrock beneath Awsworth is Pennine Middle Coal Measures Formation And South Wales Middle Coal Measures Formation (Undifferentiated) (Moscovian).
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.