Domesday Book
Continuing legal use
### Continuing legal use

In the Middle Ages, the Book's evidence was frequently invoked in the law courts.Hallam 1986, pp. 50–55, 64–73\. In 1960, it was among citations for a real manor which helps to evidence legal use rights on and anchorage into the Crown's foreshore;*Iveagh v Martin \[and another]* \[1961] 1 Q.B. 232; \[1960] 3 WLR 210; \[1960] 2 All ER 668; 1 Lloyd's Rep. 692 QDB (1960\) in 2010, as to proving a manor, adding weight of years to sporting rights (deer and foxhunting);*Mellestrom v Badgworthy Land Company* (adverse possession over continued common) \[2010] EWLandRA 2008\_1498 (21 July 2010\) [https://www.bailii.org/cgi\-bin/format.cgi?doc\=/ew/cases/EWLandRA/2010/2008\_1498\.html](https://www.bailii.org/cgi-bin/format.cgi?doc=/ew/cases/EWLandRA/2010/2008_1498.html)  and a market in 2019\.*Harvey, R (on the application of) v Leighton Linslade Town Council* \[2019] EWHC 760 (Admin) (15 February 2019\)
URL: [http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Admin/2019/760\.html](http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Admin/2019/760.html) 


How does the Book's evidence continue to be relevant in modern times?