The Domesday Book. Thanks to the Domesday Book we know much about England in the eleventh century. It shows, for example, that by 1086, twenty years after the Battle of Hastings, there were hardly any rich landowners of English birth left in England.It was a land ruled by Frenchmen, especially William's favourite Normans.he Domesday Book. Thanks to the Domesday Book we know much about England in the eleventh century. It shows, for example, that by 1086, twenty years after the Battle of Hastings, there were hardly any rich landowners of English birth left in England.
The Neuse River was named by English explorer Arthur Barlowe in 1584 for the Neusiok (meaning ââpeaceââ) Indians; the Tuscarora Indians called it Gow-ta-no, or ââpine in water.ââ The riverâs entire 195-mile length is encompassed by North Carolina; the size of its watershed measures 6,235 square miles.
Indigenous people began using the river area for fishing and hunting at least 6,000 years ago. By 1600, the inhabitants were mostly Mohicans and may have numbered 30,000. The river's name is derived from the Mohican phrase usi-a-di-en-uk , translated as beyond the mountain place or river of the mountain place.he United States Navy named a ship for the Housatonic River. The USS Housatonic has the distinction of being the first ship in history to be sunk by a submarine, the confederate vessel CSS H.L. Hunley.