Monument record 0857900000 - Dorney village

Summary

Medieval and post-medieval settlement of Dorney, recorded in Domesday Book

Protected Status/Designation

  • Conservation Area: Dorney Conservation Area (DBC7376)

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Type and Period (2)

  • VILL (Recorded 1086, 11th Century - 1000 AD to 1099 AD)
  • SETTLEMENT (Medieval to Modern - 1066 AD to 1999 AD)

Description

Ralph holds Dorney from Miles [Crispin]. It answers for 3 hides. Land for 3 ploughs; in lordship 1. 5 villagers with 4 smallholders have 2 ploughs. 2 slaves; meadow for 3 ploughs and for horses; 1 fishery at 500 eels; woodland, 150 pigs. Value 30s; when acquired 10s; before 1066, 60s. Aldred, Earl Morcar's man, held this manor; he could sell (B1).
NGR to centre of village.
Conservation Area designated in 1996 (B2).

Sources (3)

  • <1>SBC4271 Bibliographic reference: John Morris (ed). 1978. Domesday Book: Buckinghamshire. 23:2.
  • <2>SBC23419 Map: South Bucks District Council. 1996?. Dorney Conservation Area.
  • <2>SBC26316 Bibliographic reference: South Bucks District Council. 1996. Dorney Conservation Area.

Location

Grid reference SU 929 791 (point)
Civil Parish DORNEY, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Apr 13 2025 3:03PM

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