By Cllr Clive Jefferson – The original Domesday Book is the record of the great survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086, executed for William the Conqueror. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle tells us that in 1085, "William had deep speech with his counsellors and sent men all over England to each shire to find out what or how much each landholder had in land and livestock, and what it was worth."