There is an aroma of the Norman Conquest and of Domesday Book about the old town.
"Somehow Good"
William de Morgan
In Domesday-book it is rated at four hides of land.
"An History of Birmingham (1783)"
William Hutton
Even in Domesday Book Truro is mentioned, and at that time there were two towns, Great and Little Truro, standing under the shadow of a fortress held by the Earls of Cornwall, now vanished, though its site is known and pointed out near the station.
"Cornwall"
G. E. Mitton