1. As well as sheep, cattle and pigs, bees - honey being an important product in the rural economy - were also listed in the Domesday Book.

2. Most of the castles listed were built out of wood.

3. The towns of London and Winchester were not included.

4. People living in castles, nuns and monks were not included in the Domesday Book.

5. One "female jester" is listed.

6. All of the places that are included still exist, though some of the names may have altered slightly.

7. The name Tesco appears in the Domesday Book.

8. It contains only one reference to King Harold – and that was a mistake, since the Normans did not recognise his reign.

9. At the time the Domesday Book was created, England had three languages: Anglo-Saxon English, Norman-French and Latin.

10. In Domesday, Dunwich was one of the largest ports on the east coast, and one of the most important towns in England. Today, it consists of a few cottages, a church, a pub, a small visitor centre and the ruins of a friary.