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"It is important that people of all ages should be able to read and use this national treasure," said Adrian Ailes, a Domesday expert at the National Archives, which in the past few years has placed millions of historical documents, from First World War records to 1960s public information films, on the Net.
Kensington, now one of London's wealthiest areas, had "meadow for two ploughs, pasture for the livestock ... woodland for 200 pigs and three arpents (acres) of vineyard.""I think people warm to the Domesday Book and its specific contents because it contains 13,418 place names," said Ailes. "Everyone is related in some way to this piece of history; it is very tangible."See the full content of this document
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Domesday Book, Historic Survey, Goes Online
By Jill Lawless
LONDON -- The Middle Ages met the Internet age Friday when the Domesday Book, a survey of England conducted almost 1,000 years ago, went online.The book, a record o...See the full content of this document
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