How many places are in the Domesday Book for Sussex?

The 1086 Domesday Book recorded 323 settlements in Sussex. 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 Sussex in the Domesday Book?

In the Domesday Book, Sussex 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 Sussex Domesday records?

Browse the full list of 323 Sussex settlements below, or search by village name. Each settlement page shows the 1086 lord, tenant-in-chief, land value, ploughlands, and population.

Domesday Book · Sussex

Sussex

323 Domesday villages

Recorded in William the Conqueror's survey of 1086

Notable settlements

Sussex has 323 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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A15 places

Alchin Alciston Aldingbourne Aldrington Alfriston Allington Amberley Angmering Annington Applesham Arlington Arundel Ashburnham Ashcombe Ashington

D9 places

Dallington Dankton [East] Dean [West] Dean Ditchling Donnington Drigsell Duncton Durrington

E10 places

Eastbourne Easthall Eatons Eckington Elsted Erringham Etchingwood Ewhurst Exceat Eyelid

F14 places

Fairlight Falmer Felpham Ferring Filsham Findon [Frog] Firle [West] Firle Fishbourne Fletching Folkington Footland Frankwell Fulking

G8 places

[Easter] gate Glatting Glossams Goring Graffham Greatham Grittenham Guestling

I6 places

Iden Ifield Iford Iping Itchenor Itford

J1 place

Jevington

K3 places

Keymer Kingston [-by-Sea]Kitchenham

L13 places

[North and South] Lancing Langney Laughton [East] Lavant [Mid] Lavant [East] Lavington Lewes Lidham Linch Littlehampton Lordine Lordington Lyminster

M10 places

[South] Malling [East, North, Up and West] Marden Mayfield?Merston Middleton Morley Moulstone Mountfield Mundham Muntham

N6 places

Netherfield Newtimber Ninfield Nunminster Nutbourne Nyetimber

O4 places

Offham Offington Orleswick Ovingdean

R10 places

Racton Ratton Renching Ripe Rodmell Rotherfield Rottingdean Rumboldswhyke Runcton Rye

T14 places

Tangmere Tarring [Neville][West] Tarring Thakeham [West] Thorney Tillington Tilton Toddington [Great and Little] Todham Tortington Tottington Treyford Trotton Truleigh

U2 places

Uckham Udimore

Y1 place

Yeverington

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