In march, i recorded a podcast about the census in this country that is, the counting of everyone who. Bbc radio 4s flagship news and current affairs programme, broadcast weekdays 69, saturdays 79. Domesday book, the original record or summary of william is survey of england. Apr 29, 2016 the domesday book is a great land survey from 1086, commissioned by william the conqueror to assess the extent of the land and resources being owned in england at the time, and the extent of the taxes he could raise. William needed information about the country he had just conquered so he could administer it. The domesday book was commissioned in december 1085 by william the conqueror, who invaded england in 1066. Domesday book is one of the most famous documents in english historyand arguably in world history. Faced with the threat of foreign invasion, king william wants to know how much tax he can raise, so sets out to record every person, every manor. It has been much studied by social, economic and institutional historians.
St edmundsbury local history the little domesday book. Domesday is written in a heavily abbreviated latin with small marks to show where a letter or letters have been left out, to save space. The domesday book is actually not one book but two. May 18, 2011 today s podcast is also about a census. The various inquiries instituted during the middle ages, such as the domesday book and the breviary of charlemagne, were so far on the roman model that they took little or no account of the population, the feudal system probably rendering information regarding it unnecessary for. Learn more about out why and how domesday was created, and how to interpret it, in discover domesday. Domesday book bbc home service basic 15 october 1963. The name domesday book was not adopted until the late 12th century. Domesday reloaded reopens to the public the material that was gathered 25 years ago for the bbc domesday project. Domesday book also known as domesday, or book of winchester was the record of the great survey of england completed in 1086, executed for william the conqueror. Please leave this link here so we can find the programme youre referring. The first draft was completed in august 1086 and contained records for,418 settlements in the english counties south of the rivers ribble and tees the border with scotland at the time. The main volume, great domesday, is written on sheepskin parchment using black and red ink only red used for the county titles atop each page, and corrections and alterations.
Domesday book of 1086 is regarded as a landmark in accounting history, primarily because it heralded a written system of government accounting in england. The bbc domesday project was a pair of interactive videodiscs made by the bbc in london to celebrate the 900th anniversary of the original domesday book and published in november 1986. It should be viewed in this context and with the understanding that it reflects the attitudes and standards of its time not those of today. Englands heritage then and now, edited by thomas hinde coombe books 1996. Finding funding projects and programmes case studies and research reports operating your archive our role in the archives sector. This is a historical record of the planned output and the bbc services of any given time. It was one of the major interactive projects of its time, and it was undertaken on a scale not seen since. Hallam, domesday book through nine centuries london, 1986 a survey of how the domesday book has been used since its composition, and how antiquarians and historians have viewed the record. The survey was similar to a census by a government of today. Faced with the threat of foreign invasion, king william wants to know how much tax he can raise, so.
The bbc domesday project was a partnership between acorn computers, philips, logica and. One of the most important historical events of the medieval era is the domesday book. Download the best of radio 3s free thinking programme. What is known as domesday book is in fact a composite work in two volumes. So, the domesday book i saw in the public record office was an entirely new land register, quite separate from the inquest conducted by william the conqueror. He could collect in terms of taxes and the results of this survey were. Domesday book is one of the most important documents in english history. The exhibition is part of a programme of events marking the battle of lincoln in 1217. Domesday book, compiled in 1086 at the behest of william the conqueror, has been described as the most valuable piece of antiquity possessed by any nation david hume and viewed by historians as the final act of the norman conquest. The book of winchester was the domesday book compiled by officials of william the conqueror on his orders and published c1086. Domesday book is a manuscript record of the great survey of much of england and parts of.
This is rather like today where we write wont as an abbreviation for will not. Today, domesday book is available in numerous editions, usually separated by county and available with other local history resources. The domesday book is a record of an enormous survey carried out in england for king william i the conqueror, and it was completed in the year 1086. This programme is not currently available on bbc iplayer. A complete translation by alecto historical editions 20021126 on. Uploaded by the open domesday project, released under ccbysa by professor john palmer and george slater. The domesday book was first bound around 1100, in two volumes subsequently distinguished as great and little domesday. The domesday book has gone on public display as part of a summer exhibition at lincoln castle. Domesday book domesday book was unique in western europe and it set a standard. Winchester was the norman capital as it had been of the saxons, so the treasury was there at that time. Jan 12, 2015 a ks3 roleplay covering the domesday book. The basis of this electronic edition of the text is the translation published by phillimore and edited by john morris 35 volumes, chichester, 197386, with the following modifications. Their names refer to the size of their parchment leaves rather than to their bulk.
In 1086 william made a land register of his territory to know how much money. Could be followed by a brief q and a on the experiences of the roleplaya small worksheet to discuss the different conversations and meetings had during the roleplay. A most attractive overview is offered in the domesday book. In march, i recorded a podcast about the census in this country that is, the counting of everyone who lives here. It can be incorporated in to a lesson on the domesday book as an opportunity for pupils to see how it may have worked in practice. Domesday book 1086 the middle ages encompass one of the most exciting periods in english history. It was compiled from surveys like exon, but the information was then abridged and then rearranged to produce the domesday book we know today. Today, domesday book is available in numerous editions, usually based per county and available with other local history resources.
From domesday book to magna carta third programme, 20 august 1951 18. This is the domesday entry for one of the manors of earley, near. There were 357 places in the county of staffordshire in domesday book. The domesday book online frequently asked questions. Domesday book simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. There are more than 5 million programme listings in genome. The first draft was completed in august 1086 and contained records for,418 settlements in the english counties south of the rivers ribble and. The existing literature on this remarkable memorial is so extensive, that it has not appeared advisable to quote largely from it. Melvyn bragg and his guests discuss the domesday book, a vast survey of england and wales completed in 1086. This is the first free online copy of domesday book. Find out how to search for your town or village, and how to access images of domesday along with an english translation, using our research guide. Domesday was originally kept with the royal treasury at winchester.
Tr introduction the first approach to a modern assessment roll or cataster is the well known. The domesday book is a great land survey from 1086, commissioned by william the conqueror to assess the extent of the land and resources being owned in england at the time, and the extent of the taxes he could raise. Dr stephen baxter reveals the human and political drama of the domesday book. Domesday book is the oldest government record held in the national archives. Its original name was the winchester roll or kings roll, and sometimes as the book of the treasury. The domesday book reveals that one brighton landowner did exactly that with 4,000 herrings to be precise. The folios of great domesday measure 15 x 11 inches, but those of little domesday, which was slightly the fatter volume, measures 11 x 8 inches. Feedback about from domesday book to magna carta, third programme, 18. May 20, 2014 1085 and the compilation of the domesday book. The first volume great domesday contains the final summarized record of all the counties surveyed except essex, norfolk, and suffolk. By contemporaries the whole operation was known as the description of england, but the popular name domesday i. Now available in one volume, here is the complete, authoritative translation from the original latin, together with an index of places and a glossary of terms used. The bbc today launches a new multimedia project, based on an earlier and much neglected multimedia project.
From domesday book to magna carta third programme 18. Volume one, known as great or exchequer domesday, is an abbreviated version of the returns from 32 counties. In 1986, the bbc released the bbc domesday project, the results of a project to create a survey to mark the 900th anniversary of the original domesday book. This map shows every place in domesday that can still be located today. A list of bbc episodes and clips related to domesday book. The first programme in this series, which traces the amazing growth of public information and official records through the last thousand years, sets out to discover just why and how the fateful domesday book was written. The bbc domesday project was a partnership between acorn computers, philips, logica and the bbc with some funding from the european commissions esprit programme to mark the 900th anniversary of the original domesday book, an 11thcentury census of england. In 1986, the bbc asked the public to submit details about their local area to help compile a digital snapshot of the country. The domesday book is the record of the great survey of much of england, and parts of wales, completed in 1086, done for william i of england, or william the conqueror the domesday book also known as domesday, or book of winchester was a record of all taxable land in england, together with such information as would indicate its worth. Media in category domesday book the following 38 files are in this category, out of 38 total. Sep 24, 2004 domesday book is one of the most famous documents in english historyand arguably in world history. Domesday book on public display at lincoln castle bbc news. May 27, 2017 the domesday book has gone on public display as part of a summer exhibition at lincoln castle. The text of domesday book, the record of the great survey of england completed in 1086 executed for william i of england, was first edited by abraham farley in the 1770s.
It contains the results of a huge survey of land and landholding commissioned by william i in 1085. The text of domesday book, the record of the great survey of england completed in 1086 executed for william i of england, was first edited by. The national archives is the home of domesday book, the oldest surviving public record. Photographic facsimiles of domesday book, for each county separately, were published in 18611863, also by the government. Domesday project reborn online after 25 years bbc news. The site was built as a nonprofit project by me, anna powellsmith, using data created by professor j.
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