Havant in the Domesday Book

1086

Havant is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086, confirming that the settlement was established and functioning at the time of the Norman Conquest. The survey records land, population and agricultural resources, painting a picture of a small but viable community on the Hampshire coastal plain. The entry indicates that Havant was part of a broader pattern of settlement in the area, with Warblington and Bedhampton also recorded as separate entries. The Domesday record provides the earliest documentary evidence for the town and establishes Havant as a place of some standing in the local landscape, even if it was not yet the market town it would later become.