Y MAP 



NOTES TO DOMESDAY MAP 



(Compiled by J. HORACE ROUND, M.A.) 



In this map those manors in which the king 

 had an interest have a scarlet line under 

 them ; a blue line is under these in which 

 the chief ecclesiastical tenants, the Bishop 

 of Worcester and his monks, held land; a 

 green line denotes those in which land was 

 held by Urse d'Abetot, sheriff of the shire, 

 as a tenant-in-chief. As is explained in the 

 introduction, his territorial importance in the 

 county was derived from the extent of his 

 possessions as an under-tenant, William 

 Fitz Ansculf and Osbern Fitz Richard being, 

 roughly, his equals in the extent of the lands 

 they held as tenants-in-chief. 



The local Hundreds are of so scattered 

 and artificial a character that it would be 

 quite impossible to represent them on the 

 map. It should, however, be observed that 

 the outlying manors on the south-east of the 

 county were all included in the Church of 

 Worcester's great Hundred of Oswaldslow, 

 the limits of which, and therefore of the 

 county, depended on the accident of these 

 manors having been bestowed on the monks. 



As Domesday often records a name in more 

 than one form, it is needful to remember 

 that in such cases only one of the variants 

 can be given. 



For the sake of uniformity and convenience 

 of reference the boundaries of the county are 

 showTi as they stand at the present time. 

 For the same reason the names of rivers 

 are given in their modern forms; they are 

 not found in Domesday. 



The influence of the forests on the settle- 

 ment of the shire is seen to a certain extent 

 in the varying density of the names on the 

 map; but a single name may, in some 

 instances denote a manor of wide extent in 

 which several places were comprised. 



REFERENCE TO COLOURING 

 King's Manors thus 



I Church of Worcester's Manors ,, 



I Drae d'Abetot's Manors 



S.ale of Eiiijliali iiOr, 



COUNTI ES OF ENGLAND 



