Domesday England Map
There were only 18 towns of over 2000 inhabitants in the Domesday
England of 1086. Of these towns, the two largest, London and Winchester,
were left out of the Domesday Book entirely. The population of the
entire country was probably between 1.2 and 1.5 million, most of them
in the
south and east, as you can plainly see by the distribution of major
towns.
It is interesting that several of the Domesday towns,
like Oxford and York, continued to grow during the medieval period,
while others like Wallingford, Thetford, and Dunwich became quiet
backwaters.
More:
William the Conqueror - Glossary
of terms used in the Domesday Book
Also see "Medieval London"
in our "London History"section.
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