Villages

Question 1

How many villages and towns did the Domesday book cover?

Answer 1

Almost 13,500

Question 2

What was diet like for the poor?

Answer 2

• staples were bread, oat porridge and vegetable stew
• meat was a treat
• drunk home made beer as water wasn’t safe to drink

Question 3

What was diet like for the rich?

Answer 3

• had bread from wheat rather than rye
• had meat
• didn’t eat fruit, veg or dairy as it was seen as foods for the poor

Question 4

What was life like for the poor?

Answer 4

• lots of farmers

- also had blacksmith, Miller and carpenters

Question 5

What was life like for the rich?

Answer 5

Lords, knights, bishops and sheriffs didn’t do any work.

Had an unhealthy lifestyle (no activity and unhealthy foods)

Question 6

What was the Norman conquest’s impact on Anglo-Saxon towns?

Answer 6

• more households
• less freemen
• the church became the centre of the village