Normally housed at the National Archive, in 2000 the Domesday book
was displayed at the Tower of London, but tomorrow it goes global in an online edition. Photograph: Sean Smith/Guardian
The two tomes we now know collectively as the Domesday book contain the results of an epic land survey carried out in 1086 to help William the Conqueror devise taxes.
They are rather hefty objects, containing information on more than 13,000 places on sheep-skin parchment, and are on display at the National Archives headquarters in Kew, south London. Until now, the only way to study the book was to buy facsimiles; for instance a CD-Rom version cost £2,500.
But from tomorrow, the Domesday book will go the way of an increasing number of historical resources, including various censuses, by going online.
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