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The Domesday Book consisted of two volumes held in the Royal Treasury at Winchester in Hampshire, where it was known as The Book of Winchester. It formed a definitive source of information in the settling of court cases and was frequently consulted. Later it was transported to Westminster, where it acquired the jokey nickname 'Domesday Book' because its authority in legal terms was as absolute as God's judgment or 'doom' of a human soul when it left the human body and met its appointed destiny.
It was called the doomsday book as it means judgement day you couldn't escape it
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Why is it called the doomsday book?
The Domesday, or Doomsday Book is named after the Biblical Day of Judgement probably because it represented the final authority for property litigation and tax assessment. Other similar property-and-tax records were often called the Domesday Book of a given locality.
Which towns were left out of the domesday book?
London was the only town and village left out off the Domesday Book
When was the Domesday Book completed?
i dont know but published is NOT the same word as complied.
What was Gravesend called before Gravesend?
It was recorded in the Domesday book in 1086 as 'Gravesham' hence the naming of the district
Did people at the time seem to like the domesday book?
People didn't like the Domesday book as, who in their right mind wants to give away their money to the tax man, that was the point of the Domesday book. William the conqueror wanted to know how much tax to charge
