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Thread Author: SteelSpark Replies: 4
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New Thu 12 May 11 16:48 
 1980s Domesday Book online - SteelSpark
It seems that they have finally transferred all of the data from the 1980s versions of the Domesday Book from the laser discs and it is now available on the web.

I still remember being involved in data gathering at school, and perhaps this might throw up a few gems from the past.

www.bbc.co.uk/history/domesday
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New Fri 13 May 11 10:16 
 1980s Domesday Book online - Dave_
I was going to reply to this thread after a quick browse of the Domesday site, but got lost in exploring it for ages :)

I too can recall lots of project work going on at school as this was being compiled, and the reverence with which the dedicated computer and its two enormous laserdiscs were treated. It's fascinating enough to see photos from 25 years ago on the website, but few would have predicted that so much of the carefully gathered content would be superceded within a generation by the likes of Wikipedia.
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New Fri 13 May 11 15:30 
 1980s Domesday Book online - mikeyb
Fantastic! I remember going out gathering data at primary school for this.

Think I could be lost in this for some time
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New Fri 13 May 11 15:35 
 1980s Domesday Book online - mikeyb
Found my Primary school, and the post office where we used to get our sweets!

www.bbc.co.uk/history/domesday/dblock/GB-368000-183000/picture/2
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New Fri 13 May 11 15:40 
 1980s Domesday Book online - mikeyb
OK, all to much for me - I am also named in the credits!
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