Vill is a term used in English history to describe a land unit which might otherwise be described as a parish, manor or tithing. The term is used in the period immediately after the Norman conquest and into the late medieval. Land units in the Domesday Book are frequently referred to as vills, although the term is not used in Domesday itself. The ...
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discrete settlement within, or coterminous with the manor, q.v., or parish, q.v.
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• (n.) A small collection of houses; a village.
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A small settlement.
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A small collection of houses; a village. 'Every manor, town, or vill.' 'Not should e'er the crested fowl From thorp or vill his matins sound for me.' (Wordsworth) ... A word of various significations in English, law; as, a manor; a tithing; a town; a township; a parish; a part of a parish; a village. The original meaning of vill, in England, seems ...
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discrete settlement within, or coterminous with the manor, q.v., or parish, q.v.
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Vill noun [ Old French
ville ,
vile , a village, French
ville a town, city. See
Villa .] A small collection of houses; a village. 'Every manor, town, or
vill .'
Sir M. Hale. « Not should e'er the crested fowl From thorp or
vill his matins sound ...
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Ancient Measurement Terms: Administrative unit containing about 5 to 10 Hides and inhabitants. Equivalent to the secular parish. The vill usually contained several manors. As the feudal system declined, the vill took over importance from the hundred and manor. Later, the parish took on the duties and responsibilities, for example during the ninetee...
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