 Bawdwen began a translation of the Domesday Book from the edition published by the Record Commission in 1783; he intended to complete it in ten volumes, but two only appeared before his death.The first volume was published in 1809 at Doncaster with a dedication to Lord Fitzwilliam, under the title of "Dom Boc; a translation of the Record called Domesday, so far as relates to the county of York, including Amounderness, Lonsdale, and Furness in Lancashire, and such parts of Westmoreland, Cumberland, as are contained in the Survey; also the counties of Derby, Nottingham, Rutland, and Lincoln, with an introduction, glossary, and indexes".The second volume appeared in 1812, and dealt with the Hertfordshire, Middlesex, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, and Gloucestershire.