This map shows the outline of The Wash in 1086AD created by plotting the domesday villages and making the assumption
that the area that has very few villages was actually sea in 1086.
The plotted data is an extract from the Open Domesday Book.
As you can see the plot of the manors seems to coincide with our grey outline of the sea at 5 metres, the manors within the Wash would seem to be on
Islands.
Total Population(ex slaves) of the 2381 Domesday Villages in 1086AD shown is 106114 This would equate to a Fyrd(national service) of approximately 6366 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 |
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Population Overview |
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Villagers | 33717 | |
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Cottagers | 388 | Thegns |
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Smallholders | 30755 | |
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Slaves | 3694 | |
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Freemen | 37816 | Potential Fyrd |
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Priests | 503 | |
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Burgesses | 2935 | Thegns |
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Occupation Overview |
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Churches | 970 | |
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Mills | 2014 | |
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Fisheries | 368 | |
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Salthouses | 523 | |
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Ploughs | 25527 | |
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Land Overview |
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Plough Land | 12300 | acres |
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Meadows | 82599 | acres |
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Woodlands | 91267 | acres |
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Animals Overview |
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| AD1066 | | AD1086 |
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Cattle | | 2543 | 4512 |
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Horses | | 834 | 1177 |
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Cows | | 26 | 32 |
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Pigs | | 7685 | 16115 |
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Sheep | | 38368 | 89097 |
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Beehives | | 170 | 922 |
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Valuation |
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| | AD1066 | AD1086 |
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Value(geld) | | 11389 | 17416 |
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