Publication of Domesday Book

Publication Of Domesday Book

The Domesday Book is the record of the great survey of England completed in 1086, executed for William I of England. This article is about the various ways the Domesday Book was published, beginning in the eighteenth century. William the conqueror died before it was completed.

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