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Domesday survey

Domesday survey proper noun: the great Norman survey of England carried out in 1086 for William the Conqueror, the returns from which are recorded in the Domesday Book.

Proper noun

Domesday survey

  1. The great Norman survey of England carried out in 1086 for William the Conqueror, the returns from which are recorded in the Domesday Book.

Noun

Domesday survey (plural Domesday surveys)

  1. One of the individual surveys carried out as part of the Domesday survey as a whole, for a particular settlement, county or Domesday circuit.

Forms of Domesday survey

pluralDomesday surveys

Questions about Domesday survey

What does Domesday survey mean?
Domesday survey means the great Norman survey of England carried out in 1086 for William the Conqueror, the returns from which are recorded in the Domesday Book.
What part of speech is Domesday survey?
Domesday survey can be a proper noun or a noun.

Words near Domesday survey in the dictionary

  1. domesday
  2. Domesday Book
  3. Domesday Books
  4. Domesday circuit
  5. Domesday circuits
  6. Domesday survey
  7. Domesday surveys
  8. domesdays
  9. Domeset
  10. domeshaped
  11. domesiah

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