Anglo Saxon History Anglo Saxon History saxonhistory.co.uk Map Position This map shows the position of domesday locations for the county of Sussex. centered on Ardingly in Sussex. Map Logic This map shows the relative population size and damage of villages after the Norman Conquest in 1066AD. The data is derived from the Open Domesday Book(links provided at the bottom of the page). The black lines show known Roman Roads, the Red ones ancient trackways(Ivan D Margary), with the purple ones showing implied Roman roads provided by place names.   Icon Key: Not Effected < 20 people Not Effected 20‑40 people Not Effected 40‑80 people Not Effected 80‑120 people Not Effected > 120 people Damaged < 20 people Damaged 20‑40 people Damaged 40‑80 people Damaged 80‑120 people Damaged > 120 people Wasted < 20 people Wasted 20‑40 people Wasted 40‑80 people Wasted 80‑120 people Population of Sussex at Domesday in AD1086 Home Background Landscape ▼ Changing Landscape and Language Sea Levels in AD400(Pevensey) Sea Levels in AD400(The Wash) Sea level changes last 2000 years Andredsweald and Anderida Where are the Roman Roads History of the Romney Marsh The Great Storm 1287AD List of Landscape Documents Local ▼ The Saxon Kingdom of the Haestingas The Cinque Ports 914AD Alfred the Great's fort in Hastings Battle Museum Battle History Society Villagenet Local Gazeteer World War 2 Tank database Simon the Piman(Raspberry Pi) Tourist Guides for the area Romans ▼ First Invasion 55BC Second Invasion 43AD Roman roads in Britannia Ptolemy Geographica Tribes MAP-Margary Roman Roads MAP-Roman Roads South East MAP-Roman Roads South West MAP-Roman Roads Wales MAP-Roman Roads South Midlands MAP-Roman Roads South Yorkshire MAP-Roman Locations Norfolk MAP-Roman Locations Essex MAP-Wealden Roads/Bloomeries Wealden Bloomeries 1st Century Wealden Bloomeries 2nd Century Wealden Bloomeries 3rd Century Wealden Bloomeries 4th Century MAP-Antonine Itinery I Roman Industry in the Brede Valley Decline in Roman Wealden Ironworking The Gallic Empire 260AD - 274AD Types of Roman Fortification List of Roman Documents Saxon Chronicles ▼ 914AD Burghal Hideage Locations - 449AD Ebbsfleet Locations - 455AD Agelesþrep Locations - 485AD Mearcredesburnan Stede Locations - 914AD Eorpeburnan Invaders 1 - Henghest, Horsa and Æsc Invaders 2 - The Haestingas Invaders 3 - Aelle Cymen Wlenca Cissa Invaders 4 - West Seaxe (Wessex) 449AD(2) the Welsh flee from Henghest 449AD(1) Henghest lands at Ypwinesfleot 455AD Henghest fights at Agælesþrep 456AD Henghest fights at Wippedesfleote 457AD Henghest fights at Crecganford 457AD the Haestingas !! 473AD - Welsh Flee again (Henghest and Æsc) 477AD Ælle lands at Cymensora 485AD Ælle and Mearcrædesburnan stæðe 491AD Ælle fights at Andredescester 495AD Cerdic lands at Cerdicesora 501AD Port arrives at Portesmuþa 508AD Cerdicesford and Netley 514AD Stuff and Whitgar 519AD Cerdic & Cynric at Cerdicesford 527AD Cerdic & Cynric at Cerdicesleigh 530AD - Wihtgarabyrg (Cerdic and Cynric) 534AD - Isle of Wight given to Stuff and Wihtgar 552AD - Searobyrg (Cynric) 556AD - Beranbyrg (Cynric and Ceawlin) 568AD - Wibban dune (Ceaulin and Cuþa) 1066 Battle ▼ Documentary Evidence ▼ Available Documents  1 Anglo Saxon Chronicles  2 Battle Abbey Chronicles  3 Bayeux Tapestry  4 Carmen Guy d'Amiens  5 Florence of Worcester  6 Henry of Huntingdon  7 Master Wace  8 Orderic Vitalis(Gesta)  9 William of Jumièges(Gesta) 10 William of Malmesbury 11 Quedam Exceptiones Reference to Locations Phases of the Events ▼ Phases 1066AD  1 Background 1066AD  2 In Normandy 1066AD  3 Channel Crossing 1066AD  4 The Landing 1066AD  5 Feast after Landing 1066AD  6 Building the Forts 1066AD  7 Raiding the Area 1066AD  8 Warning to Harold 1066AD  9 Stamford Bridge 1066AD 10 Harold returns to London 1066AD 11 William is Alerted 1066AD 12 Exchange of Messages 1066AD 13 Defenses 1066AD 14 Harold Reconnoitres 1066AD 15 Preparations 1066AD 16 The Night Before 1066AD 17 The Battle 1066AD 18 Harold is Killed 1066AD 19 The English Rout 1066AD 20 After the Battle 1066AD 21 The Malfosse Warriors, Weapons & Snippets ▼ Saxon - Huscarl Saxon - Fyrd(Fyrð) Senlac Hill The Malfosse The Hoar Apple Tree The Shield Wall Salt Production near Hastings The Battle of Jengland 851AD William's Ship List Norman/Viking Ships and stuff Norman bows and crossbows Harold was NOT killed by an arrow The Time Team(1066-The Lost Battlefield) List of 1066AD Weapons   Setting the Scene  ** Battle Of Hastings Main Menu **  A - Where to find the Hastings Chronicles  B - The Ship list of William the Conqueror  C - Ships - Drekka, Snekkja and Knarr  D - Sailing - Dives sur Mer to St Valerie  E - The Sailing - St Valerie to Pevensey  F - The Coastline and Landscape  G - New Romney Destroyed  H - Why Hastings?  I -Duke Williams army Size and Logistics  J - Landscape of Haestingaport  K - Hastings and its links to Fécamp Abbey  L - The Landing , where was it ?  M - The two or three Castles  N - The Warning to Harold and its implications  O - The Long march from York  P - The Route Choice  Q -Forces available to Harold  R - The Hoar Apple Tree  S - The Intermediary  T - Places named in the Chronicles  U - Evidence for the Battlefield Malfosse  V - the Battle  W - The Location of the Battlefield  X - The Retreat, another Malfosse ?  Y - Bridge collapses in the retreat  Z - Analysis of the suggested_sites ** Battle of Hastings Research ** ** Timeline of 1066AD ** Location - Senlac where is it and what does it mean Site 1 - The Hoar Apple Tree Site 2 - Netherfield Observations - Arrow in the eye ? Observations - Bows and Crossbows Observations - Caltrops Observations - Huscarl(Housecarl) Observations - Norman Cavalry Observations - The Saxon Shield Wall Observations - Wooden Spades Location - Hecheland where is it ? Location - The Lands of Battle Abbey 1086AD Domesday ▼ Boundary of Anderida Domesday Hursts Post Domesday Hursts Domesday Manors Wasted UK Norfolk Salt Production Salt Production near Hastings The Wash at 1086 The Humber estuary at 1086 Domesday County details B ▼ Bedfordshire Domesday Population Berkshire Domesday Population Buckinghamshire Domesday Population Domesday County details C ▼ Cambridgeshire Domesday Population Cheshire Domesday Population Cornwall Domesday Population Domesday County details D ▼ Derbyshire Domesday Population Devon Domesday Population Dorset Domesday Population Domesday County details E ▼ Essex Domesday Population Domesday County details G ▼ Gloucestershire Domesday Population Domesday County details H ▼ Hampshire Domesday Population Herefordshire Domesday Population Hertfordshire Domesday Population Huntingdonshire Domesday Population Domesday County details K ▼ Kent Domesday Population Domesday County details L ▼ Leicestershire Domesday Population Lincolnshire Domesday Population Domesday County details M ▼ Middlesex Domesday Population Domesday County details N ▼ Norfolk Domesday Population Northamptonshire Domesday Population Nottinghamshire Domesday Population Domesday County details O ▼ Oxfordshire Domesday Population Domesday County details R ▼ Rutland Domesday Population Domesday County details S ▼ Shropshire Domesday Population Somerset Domesday Population Staffordshire Domesday Population Suffolk Domesday Population Surrey Domesday Population Sussex Domesday Population Domesday County details W ▼ Warwickshire Domesday Population Wiltshire Domesday Population Worcestershire Domesday Population Domesday County details Y ▼ Yorkshire Domesday Population Place names ▼ Translate my Location Celtic name snippets Jutish name snippets Roman name snippets Saxon name snippets Viking name snippets Norman name snippets Modern name snippets Villages containing HAM Villages containing TON Villages containing CASTLE Sussex Locations with ING Domesday Sussex with ING Kent Locations with ING Sussex Locations with HURST Loads of Village Translations Snippet 1 - What do eye,island,sea etc  mean ? Snippet 2 - What is a hurst ? Snippet 3 - What is a bury, a borough or burgh Snippet 4 - what is a Hythe, Hithe etc Snippet Places 1 - Tidebrook Res   This map shows the population size and distribution of villages in Sussex after the Norman Conquest in 1086AD. The plotted data is an extract from the Open Domesday Book. Many thanks to the works of Professor John Palmer, George Slater and opendomesday.org without whose contribution this site could not have been created. Total Population(ex slaves) of the 303 Domesday Villages in 1086AD shown is 9344 This would equate to a Fyrd(national service) of approximately 560 soldiers. Please Note that the estimate for the Fyrd is based on 6% of the population(excluding Priests and Slaves) being eligible for military duties. Summary of Domesday information for this map Population Overview Villagers 5752   Cottagers 722  Thegns Smallholders 2474 Slaves 406 Priests 5 Burgesses 391  Thegns Occupation Overview Churches 107 Mills 156 Fisheries 36 Salthouses 313 Ploughs 3041 Land Overview Plough Land 2686  acres Meadows 3724  acres Woodlands 4410  acres Animals Overview No Animal details recorded in Domesday Valuation AD1066 AD1086 Value(geld) 3452 3167 Rapes/Hundreds population and villages Population excludes slaves Rape Hundred Villages Population Arundel Binsted 12 276 Bury 3 99 Easwrithe 10 303 Risberg 13 606 Rotherbridge 7 165 Totals 45 1449 Bramber Aldrington 1 52 Brightford 10 257 Burghbeach 5 233 Easwrithe 3 62 Henfield 2 77 Ifield 1 9 Steyning 12 718 West Grinstead 1 8 Wyndham 4 9 Totals 39 1425 Chichester Bosham 1 175 Boxgrove 9 233 Dumpford 5 247 Easebourne 12 228 Ghidenetroi 4 261 Pagham 2 184 Singleton 5 217 Somerley 3 111 Stockbridge 6 96 Wittering 4 31 Wotton 1 24 Totals 52 1807 Hastings Babinrerode 2 25 Baldslow 7 179 Bexhill 2 138 Foxearle 4 131 Goldspur 4 52 Guestling 2 210 Hailesaltede 11 76 Hawkesborough 1 8 Henhurst 3 41 Ninfield 2 84 Shoyswell 1 12 Staple 9 109 Totals 48 1065 Lewes Aldrington 4 129 Barcombe 3 73 Buttinghill 4 124 East Grinstead 8 15 Falmer 5 109 Hartfield 1 2 Holmestrow 4 249 Poynings 6 161 Preston 2 272 Ruston 2 13 Streat 8 353 Swanborough 4 307 Welesmere 3 108 Wyndham 1 17 Totals 55 1932 Pevensey Avronhelle 3 44 Dill 2 4 Eastbourne 4 115 East Grinstead 1 16 Edivestone 7 95 Flexborough 4 107 Framfield 2 24 Hartfield 1 8 Malling 1 310 Pevensey 10 181 Rotherfield 3 29 Ruston 3 49 Totnore 7 284 Wandelmestrei 7 137 Willingdon 8 262 Totals 63 1665 Reigate 1 1 Totals 1 1 Totals All 303 9344 External References in no particular order :- Anglo Saxon Chronicles Online Anglo Saxon dictionary Online Etymology dictionary Open Domesday Book - The first free online copy of the Domesday Book The Ermine Street Guard Roman re-enactment and research Society The "Kent A" cadastre - page 5 - Peterson 2002 Archaeologia Cantiana Online Romney Marsh Research Trust Romney Marsh the Fifth Continent VillageNet the reference guide to villages in Kent & Sussex Global warming Flood Maps The Anglo Saxon Chronicles Google Maps - the core of the system GeoPlaner - Useful site for plotting map data Julius Caesar's Gallic Wars 55BC(Books 4 & 5) Wikipedia - Caesar's invasions of Britain Wikipedia - Portus Istus The Geography of Claudius Ptolemy (Bill Thayers) Roman Britain.org Runetree Beowulf Bayeux Tapestry Online The Secrets of the Norman Invasion Chronicles of John of Worcester Battle Historic Society Binsted village website(Mearcredesburnan Steðe) The Spears of Andred Find British Archaelogical Sites Wealden Iron Research Group Topographic Map of the UK

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