20 Years On, The 1986 Domesday Project

The mention of 'The Domesday Project' to any teacher who was in the classroom in 1985 usually triggers a very vivid memory of involvement in a national survey to capture life at that time. Teachers of over one million pupils in both primary and secondary schools volunteered to be included in the project, designed to be an electronic, modern-day equivalent of the 1086 Domesday survey to be compiled in time for the 900th anniversary. As the brainchild of Peter Armstrong it received financial backing from the BBC and the European Commission with the data published on two laser discs, Community and National, to be accessed through a BBC Microcomputer and videodisc player.