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 Dutch name for Rhine is Rijn. The Rhine turns west and enters the Netherlands, where, together with the rivers Meuse and Scheldt, it forms the extensive Rhine-Meuse-Scheldt delta, one of the larger river deltas in western Europe.ear Tamins-Reichenau the Anterior Rhine and the Posterior Rhine join and form the Alpine Rhine. The river makes a distinctive turn to the north near Chur. This section is nearly 86 km long, and descends from a height of 599 m to 396 m. It flows through a wide glacial alpine valley known as the Rhine Valley.