Domesday Book’s Kent Records are Placed Online

Posted by admin on Oct 24, 2010

Historic documents containing centuries-old information on Kentish towns have been made available for the first time on the internet. Developed by technology experts at the National Archives, the interactive Domesday Book contains all the data collected as part of William the Conqueror’s great survey of England in 1086.

Visitors to the website can input their postcode and discover the original names and landowners of some of Kent’s biggest towns, including Meddestone (Maidstone), Fulchestan (Folkestone) and Favreshant (Faversham).

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