Vill 3969543 220877967 2008-06-22T01:15:02Z Kuronue 702270 [[WP:UNDO|Undid]] revision 204112232 by [[Special:Contributions/190.1.185.57|190.1.185.57]] ([[User talk:190.1.185.57|talk]]) '''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 [[Domesday]] are frequently described as vills. Traditionally, amongst legal historians, a vill referred to the tract of land of a rural community, whereas 'township' was referred to when the tax and legal administration of a rural community was meant. <ref name="DisParBou">{{cite book |last=Winchester |first=Angus |title= Discovering Parish Boundaries |publisher=Shire Publications |year=2000 |isbn= 0-7478-0470-2 |pages=pp. 21-29 }}</ref> An unfree inhabitant of a vill was called a [[villein]]. ==Notes== <references/> {{history-stub}}