Little Domesday Book

proper noun

One of the two volumes comprising the Domesday Book, being a record of the Domesday survey returns from Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk; in a similar format to the detailed survey summaries used to compile the Great Domesday Book, such as the Exon Domesday, but no corresponding entries were ever made in Great Domesday.

Meanings

proper nounLittle Domesday Book or the Little Domesday Book
  1. One of the two volumes comprising the Domesday Book, being a record of the Domesday survey returns from Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk; in a similar format to the detailed survey summaries used to compile the Great Domesday Book, such as the Exon Domesday, but no corresponding entries were ever made in Great Domesday.

    Synonyms: Little Domesday

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounOne of the two volumes comprising the Domesday Book, being a record of the Domesday survey returns from Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk; in a similar format to the detailed survey summaries used to compile the Great Domesday Book, such as the Exon Domesday, but no corresponding entries were ever made in Great Domesday.

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