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, Everton was held by York (St Peter), archbishop of.
When William the Conqueror's commissioners surveyed Everton in 1086, they recorded 3 manors held by York (St Peter), archbishop of, Geoffrey and Roger (of Louvetot), under Roger of Bully. Before the Conquest, in the time of King Edward, the land was held by (York, St Peter), archbishop of, Spearhafoc of Burton and thanes, seven.
The settlement was assessed at 6.73 hides for tax. There was land for 14 ploughs, with 26 plough teams at work. The recorded population was 79 heads of household: 19 villagers, 20 smallholders and 40 freemen. These are heads of household, so the settlement's true population was several times larger. Its recorded resources included meadow (4.5 * 4.5 furlongs and 45 acres mixed measures), woodland (2.5 * 2 leagues) and 2 mills.
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 →
Everton 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 Everton'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.
1,012 recorded finds have been logged within about 5 miles of Everton, reported by members of the public and entered in the national record of archaeological finds. They span these periods:
The bedrock beneath Everton is Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated) (Triassic).
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.