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The Domesday Book (1086)
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After the Norman Conquest, William the Conqueror ordered a great survey of England to record who owned the land and what it was worth. The results were written down in 1086 in the Domesday Book, which still survives today.
Memory tip: 1086, the Domesday Book: William's great survey of who owned what in England.
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