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'''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]].
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