I've found the Domesday book entrance for a village called Aldridge - however the language it uses is very unfamiliar (I don't mean it's in latin, I mean it makes reference to units like furlongs, hides, bordars and sokes).

“Robert holds of William 3 hides in Aldridge. There is land for 3 ploughs. In demesne are two ploughs with one slave; and 5 villages with 1 bordar have 2 ploughs. There is one acre of meadow, and woodland pasture 5 furlongs long by 3 furlongs broad. It was and is worth 15s. and the king has the soke.”

I understand that Robert references the landowner, Robert d'Oyly, and the tenant-in-chief was William Fitz-Ansculf. however, I don't understand the breakdown of the property that follows.

One I finally know! " Hide hida 120 acres, although this could vary, and sometimes was apparently around 240 acres. Domesday hide values were not real measurements of land, but figures on which tax (geld) was based." ¹

"Plough caruca, carruca In Domesday the word implies a plough team with its 8 oxen and the plough itself. The measure of a cruciate was originally the amount of land which such a team could plow in one day." ¹

Demesne land attached to a manor for household use. ² Bordar a feudal tenant holding a cottage and usually a few acres of land at the will of his lord and bound to menial service.² Soke a right of local jurisdiction. ²

Sources: ¹ The Domesday Book England's Heritage, Then & Now, editor Thomas Hinde, Tiger Books International, London, 1995; glossary ² Google definition searches

I hope this helps. It is a fascinating snapshot of historical lives!