How many places are in the Domesday Book for Surrey?

The 1086 Domesday Book recorded 147 settlements in Surrey. 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 Surrey in the Domesday Book?

In the Domesday Book, Surrey 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 Surrey Domesday records?

Browse the full list of 147 Surrey settlements below, or search by village name. Each settlement page shows the 1086 lord, tenant-in-chief, land value, ploughlands, and population.

Domesday Book · Surrey

Surrey

147 Domesday villages

Recorded in William the Conqueror's survey of 1086

Notable settlements

Surrey has 147 Domesday settlements. Aubrey has full historical records for all of them — here are the most notable by recorded value in 1086:

Jump to:A B C D E F G H K L M N O P R S T W

A6 places

Abinger Addington Albury Anstie Apps Ashtead

B17 places

Balham Banstead Barnes Battersea Beddington Bentley Bermondsey Betchworth Blechingley [Great] Bookham [Little] Bookham Bramley Branshill?Buckland Burgh Burpham Byfleet

C21 places

Camberwell Carshalton Chaldon Cheam Chelsham Chertsey Chessington Chilworth Chipstead Chivington Chobham [East] Clandon [West] Clandon Clapham Claygate Cobham Compton Coombe Coulsdon Croydon Cuddington

D4 places

Dirtham [Long] Ditton [Thames] Ditton Dorking

E6 places

Effingham Egham Ember Epsom Esher Ewell

F4 places

Farleigh Farncombe Farnham Fetcham

G4 places

Gatton Godalming Gomshall Guildford

H8 places

Hambledon Hartshurst Hatcham Headley Henley [East] Horsley [West] Horsley Hurtmore

K2 places

Kennington Kingston [upon Thames]

L6 places

Lambeth Leatherhead Limpsfield Littleton Lollesworth?Loseley

M10 places

Malden Merstham and [South] Merstham Merton Mickleham Mideham Milton Mitcham [East and West] Molesey Morden Mortlake

N1 place

Nutfield and [South] Nutfield

O3 places

Ockham Ockley Oxted

P8 places

Pachesham Paddington Peckham Peper Harrow Petersham Pitchingworth Putney Pyrford

R2 places

Reigate Rodsall

S11 places

Sanderstead Send Shalford Shere Southwark Stoke Stoke [d'Abernon]Streatham Sutton [-by-Cheam]Sutton [-by-Guildford]Sutton [-by-Shere]

T12 places

Tadworth Tandridge Tatsfield Thorncroft Thorpe Tillingdown Titsey Tolworth Tooting [Bec]Tooting [Graveney] and [Upper] Tooting Tuesley Tyting

Research any location in Surrey with a full Aubrey report

Combine Domesday records with archaeological finds, scheduled monuments, field-name history and more — for any specific postcode or grid reference in Surrey.

Research your location