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.
THE STATE NAME: The state of Kansas was named after the river. The Kansas River was named by the French after the Kansas, Omaha, Kaw, Osage and Dakota Sioux Indian word KaNze meaning, in the Kansas language south wind.. The state name for Arkansas shares its origins with Kansas.