Domesday Book space for several hundred zipz From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigation Jump to search For other uses, see Domesday Book (disambiguation) . "Domesday" redirects here. For other uses, see Domesday (disambiguation) . Domesday Book The National Archives , Kew , London Domesday Book: an engraving published in 1900. Great Domesday (the larger volume) and Little Domesday (the smaller volume), in their 1869 bindings, lie on their older " Tudor " bindings. Also known as Great Survey Liber de Wintonia Date 1086 Place of origin England Language(s) Medieval Latin Domesday Book ( / ˈ d uː m z d eɪ / ) – the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book" – is a manuscript record of the " Great Survey " of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 by order of William I, known as William the Conqueror . [1] Domesday has long been associated with the Latin phrase Domus Dei , meaning "House of God". [...