Project Documents Historic Pilsbury Domesday Book [4kB, text/richtext] Entries for Pilsbury, Ludwell, Soham and Hartington Domesday Survey [5kB, text/richtext] How the survey was carried out Domesday Survey [4kB, text/richtext] The purpose of the survey Domesday Survey - 'waste' [0kB, text/richtext] Explanation of the use of the term 'waste' Place names [29kB, MS Word] Pilsbury, Ludwell, Soham, Hartington, River Dove Maps Great Britain & Pilsbury Location map [32kB, image/pjpeg] Pilsbury location. Pilsbury & surrounds [150kB, image/pjpeg] Site of pilsbury castle [78kB, image/pjpeg] Pilsbury castle in the landscape. Photo Archive Saxon Ploughing

What was the Doom in Domesday for the People of Pilsbury?

In 1086, twenty years after William the Conqueror became king, he commissioned the Domesday survey to find out how much land he and each of his barons held. The survey also helped him find out how much tax he could charge the people. Below is a description of how the Domesday Book came about:

What did they find out about Pilsbury?

The Domesday book was written in Latin. Here is a translation of what was recorded about Pilsbury.

Look for the explanation of this in the Find out more in the Project Document section.

It became known as the Domesday Book because, like the day of Judgement, The conclusions were final.

What was the Doom in Domesday for the people of Pilsbury?

We don’t really know what happened to the people who lived at Pilsbury after the Norman Conquest or the reasons why Pilsbury's plough lands were described as ‘waste’ in the Domesday survey. Historians have put forward some of their views.

Which do you think gives the best explanation?

Do you think it was doom for Elsi the Anglo-Saxon, who had the manor of Pilsbury before Henry de Ferrers?

You can become a detective and look for more clues in the 'Project Documents' section, seen here to the top right of the your screen.