At the time of the Domesday Book survey, the area was part of the large Stanton
parish and manor, a possession of Walter de Lacy. Neither Ludlow nor Dinham are
mentioned in the Book, compiled in 1086, although the Book recorded manors and
not settlements per se. The
Book does record a great number of households and taxable value for Stanton,
perhaps suggesting that any early settlement by the nascent castle was being
counted. Neighbouring places Ludford, the Sheet and Steventon do feature in the
Book, as they were manors, proving that they were well-established places
