Domesday Records

This record is a complete directory and explanation of each word found within the Domesday record on 1086. With its use the words explain the meaning and put the words into context of the day.

This commences includes as an introduction dom1 above then extends in clearly explaining the original terms used in Domesday. The first impression of Penkhull as an extensive farming community embracing arable, meadow and woodland well supplied with farm machinery. The implications of the organised presentation of the entry, suggests a community, which had been established for some time. At its highest point, Penkhull village, no farming was possible because of the visible outcrop of red sandstone. It is this area that would have been chosen for early huts and a community settlement. The western and northern slopes provided ample opportunity for good farming. These later became the principal sites of the mediaeval ‘open field’ farming community. 7 pages long