Domesday Reloaded

The BBC site http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/domesday

had data from the 1986 Domesday project which gathered words and pictures from across the UK to be put on Videodisc. Originally we were able to enter a post-code to find contributions in an area.
Or we could try a place name.
E.g. Here is a brief note about walking to Hadleigh Castle http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/domesday/dblock/GB-580000-186000/page/17

while

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/domesday/dblock/GB-576000-189000/page/5

would take the enquirer to “Housing in New Thundersley” for example.

This archive was itself archived to The National Archives 8th July 2012
[ARCHIVED CONTENT] BBC – Domesday Reloaded: Using Domesday

With grateful acknowledgement of the original link and text on the Rochford District Community Archive at: http://www.rochforddistricthistory.org.uk/category_id__80.aspx

Domesday Reloaded

The BBC site http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/domesday

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