How many places are in the Domesday Book for Oxfordshire?

The 1086 Domesday Book recorded 243 settlements in Oxfordshire. Each entry documents the lord, land value, ploughlands, and population of the settlement.

What is the Domesday Book?

The Domesday Book is the great survey commissioned by William the Conqueror in 1085 and completed in 1086. It recorded landholding, land value, and population across most of England, and remains the most complete survey of medieval England ever made.

Which county is Oxfordshire in the Domesday Book?

In the Domesday Book, Oxfordshire appears under its historic county boundaries as they existed in 1086. The survey used the pre-Conquest administrative divisions rather than modern county boundaries.

How do I find my ancestor's village in the Oxfordshire Domesday records?

Browse the full list of 243 Oxfordshire settlements below, or search by village name. Each settlement page shows the 1086 lord, tenant-in-chief, land value, ploughlands, and population.

Domesday Book · Oxfordshire

Oxfordshire

243 Domesday villages

Recorded in William the Conqueror's survey of 1086

Notable settlements

Oxfordshire has 243 Domesday settlements. Aubrey has full historical records for all of them — here are the most notable by recorded value in 1086:

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A16 places

Adderbury Adwell Alkerton Alvescot Alwoldesberie Ambrosden Ardley [Lower and Upper] Arncott Ascot [d'Oyley]Ascot [Earl]Asthall [Middle] Aston [North] Aston Aston [Rowant][Steeple] Aston Astrop

D7 places

Dean Deddington Draycot Drayton Ducklington Dunsden Dunthrop

E7 places

Easington [Water] Eaton [Wood] Eaton Elsfield Emmington Enstone Eynsham

F8 places

Fifield Finmere Forest Hill Foscot Fringford Fritwell Fulbrook Fulwell

G7 places

Gangsdown Garsington Gatehampton Glympton Godington Goring Grafton

I6 places

Idbury Iffley Ilbury Ingham Ipsden Islip

K6 places

Kencot Kiddington Kidlington Kingham Kingston [Blount]Kirtlington

L11 places

Langford Lashbrook Launton Ledwell [North] Leigh Lew Lewknor Little Rollright Littlestoke Ludwell Lyneham

M11 places

Mapledurham Merton Middleton [Stoney]Milcombe [Great] Milton Milton [-under-Wychwood][Little] Minster Minster [Lovell]Mixbury Mollington Mongewell

N8 places

Nethercote Nethercott [South] Newington Noke Northbrook [Brize] Norton [Chipping] Norton Nuneham [Courtenay]

O1 place

Oddington

P2 places

Pemscott Piddington

R7 places

Radford Rofford [Great] Rollright Rotherfield [Greys]Rotherfield [Peppard]Rousham Rycote

T11 places

Tackley Tadmarton Taynton [Duns] Tew [Great] Tew [Little] Tew Thame Thomley Thrupp Tiddington Tusmore

Y2 places

Yarnton Yelford

Research any location in Oxfordshire with a full Aubrey report

Combine Domesday records with archaeological finds, scheduled monuments, field-name history and more — for any specific postcode or grid reference in Oxfordshire.

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In-depth research

Aubrey has published full historical research reports for 3 notable settlements in this county — read the full historical research report for Watlington Hoard and Great Tew, Oxfordshire and Hampton Gay, Oxfordshire.

Watlington Hoard →Great Tew, Oxfordshire →Hampton Gay, Oxfordshire →