Domesday survey

English

Proper noun

Domesday survey

1. The great Norman survey of England carried out in 1086 for William the Conqueror, the returns from which are recorded in the Domesday Book.

Noun

Domesday survey (plural Domesday surveys)

1. One of the individual surveys carried out as part of the Domesday survey as a whole, for a particular settlement, county or Domesday circuit.