How many places are in the Domesday Book for Rutland?

The 1086 Domesday Book recorded 17 settlements in Rutland. 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 Rutland in the Domesday Book?

In the Domesday Book, Rutland 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 Rutland Domesday records?

Browse the full list of 17 Rutland settlements below, or search by village name. Each settlement page shows the 1086 lord, tenant-in-chief, land value, ploughlands, and population.

Domesday Book · Rutland

Rutland

17 Domesday villages

Recorded in William the Conqueror's survey of 1086

Notable settlements

Rutland has 17 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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A2 places

B2 places

C2 places

E1 place

G1 place

H1 place

[Middle, Nether and Upper] Hambleton

O1 place

R1 place

S1 place

T2 places

W3 places

Whissendine Whitwell [South] Witham

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