The Domesday book was compiled in a matter of months in 1086, at the end of William the Conqueror's reign. It was a "survey of all England, of the land in each of the counties; of the possessions of each of the magnates, their land, their habitation, their men both bond and free, living in huts or with their own houses or land..." Robert Bishop of Hereford I thought that there might have been one village called Busby or one family and that many of our lines could have extended down from the village, but of course, that wasn't to be. There are several references to the name Busby and I will list them here. Some of these names are in an Old English but translated into Busby. Under the heading of the Land of the King in Yorkshire: pg 790 In Great Busby, Leysingr, 1 1/2 carucates to the geld. Land for 1 plough pg 831 In Great Busby, Ealdraed had half a carucate of land to the geld. Robert has it and it is waste pg 852 In Stokesley, Hawarth had 6 carcuates of land to the geld..... ...Great Busby, 5 carucates and another Busby [Busby} 3 Carucates more to come Definitions from Google defined: Carucate: A measurement of land equal to the amount a team of eight oxen could plough in one year. Usually between 160 and 180 acres (other sources say 120 acres) Demesne: Land on a "manor" reserved for the lord's own use, as distinct from land held by tenants