How many places are in the Domesday Book for Worcestershire?

The 1086 Domesday Book recorded 260 settlements in Worcestershire. 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 Worcestershire in the Domesday Book?

In the Domesday Book, Worcestershire 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 Worcestershire Domesday records?

Browse the full list of 260 Worcestershire settlements below, or search by village name. Each settlement page shows the 1086 lord, tenant-in-chief, land value, ploughlands, and population.

Domesday Book · Worcestershire

Worcestershire

260 Domesday villages

Recorded in William the Conqueror's survey of 1086

Notable settlements

Worcestershire has 260 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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A17 places

Ab Lench Abberley Abberton Acton [Beauchamp]Alderminster Aldington Alton Alvechurch another Franche another Ribbesford [Upper] Arley Ashborough Astley Aston [Fields][White Ladies] Aston Astwood Atch Lench

D6 places

Defford Doddenham Dormston Doverdale Dudley Dunclent

E9 places

Eardiston Eastbury Eastham Eckington Eldersfield Elmbridge Elmley [Lovett]Elmley Castle Evesham

F5 places

Feckenham Fladbury Fockbury Franche Frankley

G5 places

Glasshampton Grafton Grafton [Flyford]Greenhill Grimley

I2 places

Inkberrow Ipsley

K8 places

Kempsey Kenswick Kidderminster Kingswinford Kington Kinver Knighton [-on-Teme]Knightwick

L12 places

[Temple] Laugherne and [Lower Temple] Laugherne Lea [Green]Leigh [Rous] Lench [Sheriffs] Lench Lenchwick Lindon Lindsworth [North, Middle and South] Littleton Longdon Lutley Lyppard

M11 places

[Little] Malvern Mamble Martley Mathon Middlewich Mitton [Lower and Upper] Moor [Abbots] Morton Morton [Underhill]Moseley Mucknell

N8 places

Nafford Naunton [Beauchamp]Netherton Northfield Northwick Norton [Bredons] Norton [Kings] Norton

O9 places

Oddingley Offenham Offerton Oldberrow Oldington Ombersley Orleton Osmerley Overbury

P12 places

Pedmore Pensham Peopleton Perry Pershore Phepson [North] Piddle [Wyre] Piddle Pirton Pixham Powick Pull [Court]

Q1 place

Queenhill

R8 places

Radley Redmarley Rednal Ribbesford Ripple Rochford and [Upper] Rochford Rockmoor Rushock

T12 places

Tardebigge Tenbury [Wells]Tessall Thickenappletree Tibberton Tidmington Timberhanger Tonge Tredington Trimpley Tutnall Tynsall

U3 places

Upton [-on-Severn]Upton [Warren]Upwich

Y1 place

Yardley

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