Folklore: Domesday Book Online

Subject: BS: Domesday Book Online
From: bobad
Date: 03 Aug 06 - 07:36 PM

Tomorrow, 920 years after it was compiled by an anonymous scribe, William the Conqueror's epic audit of life in medieval times will become available on the internet.

http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article1211293.ece

Subject: RE: BS: Domesday Book Online
From: Leadfingers
Date: 03 Aug 06 - 08:15 PM

Got to be interesting - Though when we looked in an old book of 'The Landed Gentry Of England and Scotland' all we could find under my family name was an eighteenth century holding of Muck Hall !

Subject: RE: BS: Domesday Book Online
From: bobad
Date: 03 Aug 06 - 08:20 PM

Well Mr. Leadfingers, that is vastly more than what is found under my family name, which is to say, Fuck All.

Subject: RE: BS: Domesday Book Online
From: Paul from Hull
Date: 04 Aug 06 - 06:47 AM

*lol*

Subject: RE: BS: Domesday Book Online
From: GUEST,jealous
Date: 04 Aug 06 - 08:53 AM

Does that mean Leadfingers is descended from Lady Muck?

Subject: RE: BS: Domesday Book Online
From: Rapparee
Date: 04 Aug 06 - 09:00 AM

Humph. When I looked up my family name in "Burke's" it wasn't there at all! And we are originally from Hanover, or at least the general area of Hanover! Ten millionth in line for the British Crown and we're not even mentioned! Why, I might refuse the monarchy (unless they begged me) because of this!

Subject: BS: Domesday Book Online
From: beardedbruce
Date: 04 Aug 06 - 04:14 PM

LONDON (AP) — 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 of the people and lands ruled by William the Conqueror, is the oldest record held by Britain's National Archives and one of the country's most valuable documents. Now anyone with an Internet connection can — for a fee — download copies of handwritten records that provide a picture of life in the 11th century.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-08-04-domesday-book_x.htm

Subject: RE: BS: Domesday Book Online
From: katlaughing
Date: 04 Aug 06 - 06:37 PM

Thats wonderful! Thanks for letting us know. Isn't the Internet amazing?!

Subject: RE: BS: Domesday Book Online
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 04 Aug 06 - 06:39 PM

It was on BBC news tonight and offhand I'd say the demand has crashed the server.

Subject: RE: BS: Domesday Book Online
From: bobad
Date: 04 Aug 06 - 09:37 PM

10 Domesday destinations you can still see today

Wooten Wawen

The pre-Norman tower of the parish church in this Warwickshire village. The book says: "There are 23 villans with a priest and 22 bordars having 6 ploughs. There are 2 mills rendering 11s and 8 sticks of eels... It is worth £4."

Can someone explain the use of the word "villan" in this excerpt? I realize it is another form of villain, but in this context does it mean that half of this village is populated by bad guys? And why is there a priest with them?

Subject: RE: BS: Domesday Book Online
From: bobad
Date: 04 Aug 06 - 09:41 PM

I just answered my own question at wikipedia:

"The etymology of the word could be from Old French villein, in turn from Late Latin villanus, meaning serf or peasant, someone who is bound to the soil of a villa, which is to say, worked on the equivalent of a plantation in late Antiquity, in Italy or Gaul. Poverty was equated with moral turpitude; villains had to work their way up the social ladder. Thus usually the word villain suggests that the villain's schemes stem from their own moral indifference or perversity of character."

Subject: RE: BS: Domesday Book Online
From: bobad
Date: 04 Aug 06 - 09:49 PM

Here's a link to it : http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/domesday/

Subject: Folklore: Domesday book goes online
From: Goose Gander
Date: 05 Aug 06 - 03:47 AM

Domesday book goes online

Subject: RE: Folklore: Domesday book goes online
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 05 Aug 06 - 03:52 AM

The actual link at www.domesdaybook.co.uk still seems to be down.

Subject: RE: Folklore: Domesday book goes online
From: Goose Gander
Date: 05 Aug 06 - 04:02 AM

Try the link at the bottom of the article.

Subject: RE: Folklore: Domesday book goes online
From: Joybell
Date: 05 Aug 06 - 04:33 AM

Thank you Michael. What a great resource. Cheers, Joy

Subject: RE: Folklore: Domesday book goes online
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 05 Aug 06 - 05:24 AM

Error: failed to search Domesday book. Please contact System Administrator.

Subject: RE: Folklore: Domesday book goes online
From: Flash Company
Date: 05 Aug 06 - 08:36 AM

I find it interesting that some UK residents asked what they knew about The Domesday Book thought that it was written by Dan Brown!
Some others thought it was a book in The Bible!!

FC

Subject: RE: Folklore: Domesday book goes online
From: Goose Gander
Date: 05 Aug 06 - 03:48 PM

The link at the bottom of the page does seem to work, at least when I looked at it.

Subject: RE: BS: Domesday Book Online
From: Maryrrf
Date: 05 Aug 06 - 05:01 PM

What a wonderful resource. Thanks for letting us know!